Hey there,
Just out of curiosity I've been reading liquor licensing, I'm trying to understand how people in the industry have to deal with things and how they are regulated.
If anyone has any experience in this area and can answer a few questions, i'd appreciate it.
P.S i'm in QLD.
Now, I have never made a drop of (good) beer, but im sure a lot of brewers our there with a proud drop have been asked about selling it. Naturally you need a liquor license (and abn). However, say someone is operating a small business selling local beer from a hypothetical microbrewery, what license class does that fall into? According to the latest draft guidelines for qld, if no liquor is being consumed in the brew area (ie all beer sold is for take-home only), then apparently one falls into the category of "Commercial Hotel - Bottle shop - sale of takeaway liqour only". However this sounds wierd, because I'm...not running a hotel with a bottle shop. Also, there is a license for "commercial other license (producer/wholesaler)". Since one would be producing, does this mean you need two licenses, a producer *and* commerical hotel license?
Also, the fees for a hotel and bottle shop are different. Does this mean that their prior description "commercial hotel - bottle shop" actually means either, not both? If so, that makes a bit more sense. Which would bring the base fee for the license to $3000. Trades would only occur during standard hours, so that would not include any other fees.
How long does a liquor license last? Is it per year, ie would that be $3000 per year, or $3000 flat out for registration and that's it - so long as i dont modify the premisis/business activity (and thus the license agreement)?
cheers.
(maybe someone should turn this into a wiki?)
Just out of curiosity I've been reading liquor licensing, I'm trying to understand how people in the industry have to deal with things and how they are regulated.
If anyone has any experience in this area and can answer a few questions, i'd appreciate it.
P.S i'm in QLD.
Now, I have never made a drop of (good) beer, but im sure a lot of brewers our there with a proud drop have been asked about selling it. Naturally you need a liquor license (and abn). However, say someone is operating a small business selling local beer from a hypothetical microbrewery, what license class does that fall into? According to the latest draft guidelines for qld, if no liquor is being consumed in the brew area (ie all beer sold is for take-home only), then apparently one falls into the category of "Commercial Hotel - Bottle shop - sale of takeaway liqour only". However this sounds wierd, because I'm...not running a hotel with a bottle shop. Also, there is a license for "commercial other license (producer/wholesaler)". Since one would be producing, does this mean you need two licenses, a producer *and* commerical hotel license?
Also, the fees for a hotel and bottle shop are different. Does this mean that their prior description "commercial hotel - bottle shop" actually means either, not both? If so, that makes a bit more sense. Which would bring the base fee for the license to $3000. Trades would only occur during standard hours, so that would not include any other fees.
How long does a liquor license last? Is it per year, ie would that be $3000 per year, or $3000 flat out for registration and that's it - so long as i dont modify the premisis/business activity (and thus the license agreement)?
cheers.
(maybe someone should turn this into a wiki?)