PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 553

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

2-208.

(a)     There is a Class 7 micro-brewery (on- and off-sale) license.

(b)     The license shall be issued:

(1)     By the State Comptroller;

(2)     Only in the following jurisdictions:
(i) Allegany County;

(ii) Baltimore City;

(iii) Baltimore County;

(iv) The City of Annapolis;

(v) Anne Arundel County;

(vi) The thirteenth election district of Carroll County;

(vii) Charles County;

(viii) Dorchester County;

(ix) FREDERICK COUNTY;

(X) Howard County; and and

[(x)] (XI) Prince George's County; and

(XII) ST. MARY'S COUNTY: AND

(3)     Only to a holder of a Class B beer, wine and liquor (on-sale) license that
is issued for use on the premises of a restaurant located in a jurisdiction listed in
paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(c)     (1) A holder of a Class 7 micro-brewery license:

(i) May brew and bottle malt beverages at a single location; and

(ii) May not brew more than 10,000 barrels of malt beverage each
calendar year.

(2) In Allegany County only, the holder of a Class 7 license:

(i) May brew in one location and may contract for the bottling of the
malt beverage in another location; and

(ii) Need not meet the hotel/motel requirements for a Class B beer,
wine and liquor licensee but shall meet the requirements for those Class B restaurants.

(d)     (1) The on-sale privilege authorizes the holder to sell at retail beer brewed
under this license to customers for consumption on the licensed premises.

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