Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 2-212
Additional licenses
Effective Jul 1, 2023Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 310, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 627, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2021, c. 359, § 2, eff. May 18, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 360, § 2, eff. May 18, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 744, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 428, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 429, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.State of Maryland
(a)
- (1) This subsection does not apply to a Class 6 pub-brewery license.
- (2) The holder of a distillery, rectifying, winery, limited winery, brewery, or farm brewery license may apply for and obtain, under a different name, one or more additional distillery, rectifying, winery, limited winery, brewery, or farm brewery licenses for the same or different premises.
(3)
- (i) The holder of multiple manufacturer's licenses at the same location may allow the sampling, sales, and consumption of products produced under the licenses at each of the licensed premises.
- (ii) The sampling, sales, and consumption of products shall be consistent with the authorization for each license.
- (4) The additional licenses may be issued to different persons or under trade names used by persons occupying all or a part of the same premises.
- (5) A holder of a license listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection may hold additional licenses listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection of the same or of a different class.
- (6) The holder of a micro-brewery license may apply for and obtain not more than one additional micro-brewery license for another premises.
(b)
- (1) The holder of a rectifying or winery license may apply for and obtain a wholesaler's license of any class for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article.
- (2) The holder of a Class 4 limited winery license may apply for and obtain a Class 6 limited wine wholesaler's license for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article.
(3)
- (i) The holder of a Class 5 brewery license or Class 7 micro-brewery license may apply for and obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license in accordance with this paragraph.
- (ii) A holder of a Class 5 brewery license that was selling the holder's own beer at wholesale in the State as of January 1, 2013, may obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license to continue to sell the holder's own beer at wholesale in the same location in an amount that is not more than 5,000 barrels annually.
- (iii) A holder of a Class 5 brewery license that produces in aggregate from all its locations not more than 45,000 barrels of beer annually may obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license and distribute not more than 5,000 barrels of its own beer annually.
(4) A holder of one or two Class 7 micro-brewery licenses that produces in aggregate from all of its locations not more than 45,000 barrels of beer annually may obtain a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license and distribute beer that:
- (i) totals annually not more than 5,000 barrels in aggregate from all of its locations; and
- (ii) has been brewed at the location from where it is distributed.
- (5) The holder of a Class 1 distillery license may apply for and obtain a Class 8 liquor wholesaler's license for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article.
- (6) The holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license may apply for and obtain a Class 8 liquor wholesaler's license, for the same premises or elsewhere as provided under this article, and distribute its own liquor.
Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 310, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 627, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2021, c. 359, § 2, eff. May 18, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 360, § 2, eff. May 18, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 744, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 428, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 429, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.