125.29 Brewers. - Wisconsin Statutes

125.29

125.29 Brewers.

125.29(1)

(1) Permit. No person may operate as a brewer unless that person obtains a permit from the department. Each wholesaler required to register under s. 139.09 shall obtain a permit under this subsection. A permit under this section may only be issued to a person who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50).

125.29(2)

(2) Limitation. Except as provided in s. 125.31, no person holding a Class "B" license or permit issued under this chapter may register as a brewer.

125.29(3)

(3) Activities. Subject to s. 125.34 (2), a brewer may manufacture, possess and store fermented malt beverages on the brewery premises and transport fermented malt beverages between the brewery premises and any depot or warehouse maintained by the brewer for which the brewer has a wholesaler's license issued under s. 125.28. A brewer or individual representing a brewer may also provide taste samples as authorized under s. 125.33 (12).

125.29(4)

(4) Multiple licenses. Notwithstanding ss. 125.26 (2) and 125.28 (2), a brewer may hold a wholesaler's license issued under s. 125.28 and a Class "B" license as provided under s. 125.31.

125.29(5)

(5) Brewpubs. No person holding a brewpub permit under s. 125.295 may register as a brewer under this section.

125.29(6)

(6) Restaurants. No person issued a permit under this section after November 25, 2007 may hold a restaurant permit issued under s. 254.64.

125.29 - ANNOT.

History: 1981 c. 79; 1989 a. 253; 1993 a. 378; 1995 a. 27; 2005 a. 103; 2007 a. 9, 20.