ORS 471.180 allows a Limited On-Premises Sales or Full On-Premises Sales licensee who operates a hotel to make alcoholic beverages, stored in locked cabinets (minibars) in individual guest rooms, available to guests. Licensees may provide these alcoholic beverages under the conditions identified in this rule.

1. (1) Only a service permittee, a temporary service permittee or trained employee may give guests the key to minibars. A trained employee is one who has participated in a training program that meets, at least, the requirements in the Commission’s Alcohol Server Education Model Curriculum on identifying minors and recognizing the signs of visible intoxication.
2. (2) The licensee must not give a minibar key to minors or visibly intoxicated persons. The licensee may not give a minibar key to a guest if the licensee has reason to believe the guest is accompanied by a minor and is not the minor’s parent or caretaker.

3. (3) Restocking:

   1. (a) Any employee who is at least 18 years old may restock a minibar when restocking is not in response to a guest request for immediate restocking;
   2. (b) Only a service permittee or a temporary service permittee may restock a minibar in response to guest request for immediate restocking (restocking is the same as selling/serving in this instance);

   3. (c) In response to a guest request for restocking, employees will not restock a minibar:

      1. (A) If there are visibly intoxicated persons or minors unaccompanied by their parents in the room;
      2. (B) After 2 a.m.;
      3. (C) With amounts of alcohol that the people in the room cannot reasonably consume by 2:30 a.m.

4. (4) Limitations:

   1. (a) On container size: The individual containers in a minibar may be no larger than 50 milliliters for distilled spirits, 12 ounces for malt beverages and 375 milliliters for wine or cider;
   2. (b) On number of containers: The total number of alcoholic beverage containers in a minibar may not exceed 30.
5. (5) Each minibar will have a clearly visible sign on the outside or inside of the minibar. The sign will explain the following liquor laws: minors and visibly intoxicated persons may not drink alcohol from the minibar; guests/visitors may not drink alcohol from the minibar between 2:30 a.m. and 7 a.m.; and guests/visitors may not take alcohol from a minibar off the premises.
6. (6) Food: At a minimum, the licensee must have a variety of snacks available during the hours that a guest may lawfully access the minibar.
7. (7) The Commission will hold a licensee responsible for liquor law violations that occur in guest rooms only if the licensee or employee permitted the violation.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 471.030, 471.040, 471.730 (1) & 471.730 (5)

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 471.180

History

OLCC 13-2024, amend filed 12/20/2024, effective 03/31/2025
OLCC 12-2003, f. 9-23-03, cert. ef. 11-1-03
OLCC 7-2003(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-20-03 thru 11-16-03
OLCC 19-2000, f. 12-6-00, cert. ef. 1-1-01