563.01 Definitions.—The term: (1) “Beer” means a brewed beverage that meets the federal definition of beer in 27 C.F.R. s. 25.11 and contains less than 6 percent alcohol by volume. (2) “Malt beverage” means any brewed beverage containing malt. The terms “beer” and “malt beverage” have the same meaning when either term is used in the Beverage Law. […]
563.02 License fees; vendors; manufacturers and distributors.— (1) Each vendor of malt beverages containing alcohol of 0.5 percent or more by volume shall pay an annual state license tax as follows: (a) Vendors operating places of business where beverages are sold only for consumption off the premises, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of the […]
563.021 Malt beverages; exclusive sales territories.— (1) No distributor shall sell or deliver any brand or brands of malt beverages in this state to any retail vendor whose place of business is outside of the distributor’s restricted exclusive sales territory for such products. The restricted exclusive sales territory shall be mutually agreed upon by the manufacturer or […]
563.022 Relations between beer distributors and manufacturers.— (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.— (a) Regulation of business relations between beer distributors and manufacturers is necessary and appropriate in the public interest. (b) This section is enacted pursuant to authority of the state under the provisions of the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution to promote the public’s interest in […]
563.025 Surtax on license fees.—Each vendor of malt beverages containing alcohol of 0.5 percent or more by volume shall pay an annual surtax in an amount equal to 40 percent of the license fee imposed by s. 563.02(1). History.—s. 23, ch. 86-269.
563.03 Regulation concerning draft beer.—Each and every tap or spigot through which draft beer is served shall, on the handle of such tap or spigot in plain view of the consuming public, display the name of the beer being presently served through such tap or spigot. History.—s. 9, ch. 20830, 1941; s. 18, ch. 57-1; s. […]
563.045 Brands or labels to be registered; qualification to do business; fee; revocation.— (1) No manufacturer, brewer, bottler, distributor, or importer of malt beverages, whether licensed under the beverage laws of this state or not, shall sell or offer for sale in this state, or move or cause to be moved within this state or into this […]
563.05 Excise taxes on malt beverages.—As to malt beverages containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume, there shall be paid by all manufacturers, distributors, and vendors, as herein defined, a tax of 48 cents per gallon upon all such beverages in bulk or in kegs or barrels; and, when such beverages are sold in […]
563.06 Malt beverages; imprint on individual container; size of containers; exemptions.— (1) All taxable malt beverages packaged in individual containers possessed by any person in the state for the purpose of sale or resale in the state, except operators of railroads, sleeping cars, steamships, buses, and airplanes engaged in interstate commerce and licensed under this section, shall […]
563.065 Price differentials.—Nothing in the Beverage Law shall prohibit licensed distributors of malt beverages from charging different malt beverage prices according to county, according to the branch of a distributor’s parent place of business, according to whether a vendor sells malt beverages on premises or off premises, or according to quantity sold, as long as the […]
563.07 Beer distributors’ collection credit.—For the purpose of allowing credit to licensed distributors of malt beverages or beer for keeping prescribed records, furnishing bond, and properly accounting for and remitting taxes due to the state, such licensed distributors shall be allowed 2.5 percent of the amount of the tax due, accounted for, and remitted to the […]
563.08 Cash deposit on beer sales.—All licensed manufacturers, when distributing under a manufacturer’s license, wholesalers and distributors of domestic malt or brewed beverages, as defined in the Beverage Law, shall require a minimum cash deposit of 50 cents on the sale of each case of 24 bottles of any domestic malt or brewed beverage herein referred […]
563.09 Malt beverage tastings by distributors and manufacturers.— (1) A manufacturer, distributor, or importer of malt beverages, or any contracted third-party agent thereof, may conduct sampling activities that include the tasting of malt beverage products on: (a) The licensed premises of a vendor authorized to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption on premises; or (b) The licensed […]
563.13 Florida brewery directional signs; fees.—Upon the request of a brewery licensed under s. 561.221(2) or (3) which produces a minimum of 2,500 barrels per year on the premises, is open to the public at least 30 hours per week, and is available for tours, the Department of Transportation shall install directional signs for the brewery […]
