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KRS 244.260: Containers that wholesaler may purchase, keep, or sell in -- Distilled

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  1. KRS Chapter 244

spirits or wine to be kept by licensees in approved containers.

(1) No wholesaler shall purchase, import, keep upon the licensed premises, or sell

any distilled spirits or wine in any container except in the original sealed

package containing quantities of not less than fifty (50) milliliters each of

distilled spirits or one hundred (100) milliliters of wine, and not exceeding the

largest applicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or two hundred

twenty (220) liters of wine, as received from the distiller, rectifier, winery, or

wholesaler. The containers shall be in sizes authorized by federal law and at all

times shall have affixed to them all labels required by federal law or the

administrative regulations of the board.

(2) Except for purposes of preparing barrel-aged and batched cocktails as defined

in KRS 241.010 and as permitted by KRS 243.055 and 243.082(4) and

subsection (3) of this section, licensees holding retail distilled spirits and wine

drink licenses shall not keep upon their licensed premises any distilled spirits or

wine in any container except in the original package as received from the

wholesaler and authorized by federal law. Containers of distilled spirits shall not

exceed the largest applicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or

be less than fifty (50) milliliters of distilled spirits. Containers of wine shall not

exceed two hundred twenty (220) liters or be less than one hundred (100)

milliliters. All containers shall at all times have affixed to them any labels

required by federal law or administrative regulations of the board.

(3) Licensees holding retail distilled spirits and wine package licenses shall not

keep upon their licensed premises any distilled spirits or wine in any container

except in the original package as received from the wholesaler and authorized

by federal law. Containers of distilled spirits shall not exceed the largest

applicable federal standard of fill size for distilled spirits or be less than fifty (50)

milliliters of distilled spirits. Containers of wine shall not exceed two hundred

twenty (220) liters or be less than one hundred (100) milliliters. Except as

permitted by subsection (2) of this section, all containers shall at all times

remain sealed and shall have affixed to them any labels required by federal law

or administrative regulations of the board.

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