(A) It is unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indirectly, to operate a brewer taproom or to sell, barter, keep for sale or otherwise dispose of malt liquor on or from the premises on which the malt liquor is manufactured or brewed without an on-sale brewer taproom license or an off-sale malt liquor license from the city. This section does not apply to the disposal of home brewed or manufactured of malt liquor which is defined as brewed malt liquor in quantities of ten gallons or less.
(B) An on-sale brewer taproom license may be issued only to a brewer who holds a brewer license issued by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety under M.S. § 340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (c), (i) or (j). An on-sale brewer taproom license shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) Only malt liquor produced by the brewer on the licensed premises may be sold or consumed on the licensed premises.
(2) The financial responsibilities required under this chapter for on-sale intoxicating licenses shall apply to an on-sale brewer taproom license issued under this section.
(3) All provisions of this chapter that apply to an on-sale intoxicating liquor license shall apply to an on-sale brewer taproom license issued under this section, unless the provision is explicitly inconsistent with this section.
(4) An on-sale brewer taproom licensee may only have one brewer taproom license under this section.
(5) An on-sale brewer taproom licensee may not have an ownership interest in a brewpub brewery licensed under M.S. § 340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (d).
(6) No on-sale brewer taproom license shall be issued to a brewer if the brewer seeking the
license, or any person having an economic interest in the brewer seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license, is a brewer that brews more than 250,000 barrels of malt liquor annually or a winery that produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.
(7) The license hereunder shall be subject to the payment of an annual on-sale brewer taproom license fee as duly adopted and set forth in Chapter 35, Appendix Fee Schedule.
(8) The license hereunder shall be subject to all the provisions under M.S. Chapter 340A (2014 and as may be hereafter amended) as applicable to brewer taproom licenses.
