Who needs a brewer’s license and brewer taproom license, or brew pub license in Minnesota?

Issued by Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (brewer’s license); your city (taproom or on-sale license), at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.

1 of the 20 kinds of business in Minnesota

A taproom brewery holds the state brewer’s license and one city taproom license and sells only its own beer by the glass, with growlers to go under the small brewer off-sale rules. A brew pub instead holds the brew pub brewer’s license plus the city’s on-sale license and brews for its own restaurant under the barrel cap in subd. 7. The federal TTB brewer’s notice comes first.

Draft. This row was drafted from the agency’s own page and has not yet been confirmed against it. Confirm it with the agency before you pay anything.

Step 5 of 6: Alcohol permits

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (brewer’s license); your city (taproom or on-sale license).

Sources and dates

Minn. Stat. 340A.301 subd. 6 (brewer license fees), subd. 6b (brewer taproom license) and subd. 7 (brew pubs); city ordinances. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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