Who needs a brewer taproom license (or microbrew pub licenses) in North Dakota?

Issued by North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner (manufacturer licenses), with the city and the Attorney General for retail sales, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.

1 of the 20 kinds of business in North Dakota

A brewery making no more than 25,000 barrels a year may hold taproom licenses to sell its own beer by the glass and to go at the brewery, and the Tax Commissioner may issue more than one. A brewpub that also pours spirits or other producers’ beer needs the city and state retail licenses in the row above. The federal TTB brewer’s notice comes first and the city must approve the premises; Fargo licenses a brewery taproom under its own Class Y.

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 North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner (manufacturer licenses), with the city and the Attorney General for retail sales.

Sources and dates

N.D.C.C. 5-01-21 (brewer taproom license) and 5-01-14 (microbrew pub); Office of State Tax Commissioner alcohol licensing pages. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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