SB 658

Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may sell alcohol

beverages to a consumer unless the seller possesses a license or permit authorizing

the sale. A Class "A" license authorizes the retail sale of fermented malt beverages

(beer), in original containers, for consumption off the licensed premises.

This bill authorizes Class "A" beer retailers to also sell beer in refillable and

resealable containers that are filled and sealed on the retail licensed premises.

Under current law, a brewer holding a brewer's permit may, among other

activities authorized under its brewer's permit: 1) manufacture, bottle, package, and

store beer on the brewery premises; 2) sell and deliver the brewer's own beer to

wholesalers; 3) if the brewer produces 300,000 or fewer barrels of beer per year, sell

and deliver its own beer to retailers; and 4) sell at retail, without a retail license, the

brewer's own beer and other Wisconsin-made beer at the brewery premises and at

one off-site retail outlet of the brewer.

This bill authorizes a brewer, at the request of a customer, to package and sell

at retail, on brewery premises or at the brewer's off-site retail outlet, the brewer's

own beer and other Wisconsin-made beer in refillable containers exceeding 24

ounces in volume.