{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-3-5-1403","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 3-5-1403","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Barrel\" means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.); (2) \"Beer\" means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight; (3) \"Brewery\" means a small brewery or contract brewing company; (4) \"Contract brewing company\" means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider; (5) \"Front-of-house employee\" means an employee of a small brewery not involved in the production or transportation of brewery beer or wholesale activities of the brewery, including without limitation: (A) A bartender; (B) A host; (C) Kitchen staff; (D) Janitorial staff; and (E) Servers; (6) \"Hard cider\" means liquor brewed from the fermented juices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight; (7) \"Malt beverage\" means any liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight; (8) \"Person\" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation; (9) \"Restaurant\" means a public or private place that: (A) Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served; (B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment; (C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons; (D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members; (E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and (F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating; (10) (A) \"Small brewery\" means any licensed facility located in Arkansas that manufactures fewer than forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels of beer, malt beverage, and hard cider per year for sale or consumption. (B) \"Small brewery\" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and (11) \"Small brewery tap room\" means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license. Amended by Act 2017, No. 950,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1237,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2015, No. 857,§ 8, eff. 3/31/2015. Acts 2003, No. 1805, § 3; 2009, No. 1459, § 1.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Barrel\" means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.);\n\n(2) \"Beer\" means any fermented liquor made from malt or any substitute having an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight;\n\n(3) \"Brewery\" means a small brewery or contract brewing company;\n\n(4) \"Contract brewing company\" means any licensed brewery that hires another company to produce a portion of its beer, malt beverage, or hard cider;\n\n(5) \"Front-of-house employee\" means an employee of a small brewery not involved in the production or transportation of brewery beer or wholesale activities of the brewery, including without limitation: (A) A bartender; (B) A host; (C) Kitchen staff; (D) Janitorial staff; and (E) Servers;\n\n(A) A bartender;\n\n(B) A host;\n\n(C) Kitchen staff;\n\n(D) Janitorial staff; and\n\n(E) Servers;\n\n(6) \"Hard cider\" means liquor brewed from the fermented juices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight;\n\n(7) \"Malt beverage\" means any liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;\n\n(8) \"Person\" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;\njuices of fruit and containing more than three percent (3%) and not more than twenty-one percent (21%) alcohol by weight;\n\n(7) \"Malt beverage\" means any liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of no less than five percent (5%) nor more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;\n\n(8) \"Person\" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation;\n\n(9) \"Restaurant\" means a public or private place that: (A) Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served; (B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment; (C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons; (D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members; (E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and (F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating;\n\n(A) Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served;\n\n(B) Provides adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;\n\n(C) Has a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) persons;\n\n(D) Employs a sufficient number and variety of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members;\n\n(E) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and\n\n(F) Is open a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating;\n\n(10) (A) \"Small brewery\" means any licensed facility located in Arkansas that manufactures fewer than forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels of beer, malt beverage, and hard cider per year for sale or consumption. (B) \"Small brewery\" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and\n\n(A) \"Small brewery\" means any licensed facility located in Arkansas that manufactures fewer than forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels of beer, malt beverage, and hard cider per year for sale or consumption.\n\n(B) \"Small brewery\" does not include a microbrewery-restaurant; and\n\n(11) \"Small brewery tap room\" means a small brewery off-premises retail site located in a wet territory holding a small brewery license.","path":["AR Code","Title 3","Chapter 5","Subchapter 14"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"b5d41d4b3ec0e0fdfcf8684dd796da11ebcdf9868825aa961624119174369202","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-3-5-1402","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-3-5-1404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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