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Ordinance 2013-002 ► Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to the legal hours for off-sale pursuant to section 500.3, Subdivision 9(d). ► The malt liquor or wine sold off-sale must be removed from the licensed premises before the applicable off-sale closing time pursuant to section 500.3, Subdivision 9(d). ► The malt liquor or wine sold off-sale shall be packaged in 64-ounce containers commonly known as "growlers" or 750 milliliter containers commonly known as "bombers" and shall have the following requirements for packaging: 1) The containers shall bear a twist type closure, cork, stopper or plug. 2) At the time of sale, a paper or plastic adhesive band, strip or sleeve shall be applied to the container or bottle and extend over the top of the twist type closure, cork, stopper or plug forming a seal that must be broken upon opening of the container or bottle. 3) The adhesive band, strip or sleeve shall bear the name and address of the brewer/licensee selling the malt liquor or wine. 4) The containers or bottles shall be identified as malt liquor or wine, contain the name of the malt liquor or wine, bear the name and address of the brewer/licensee selling the malt liquor or wine, and the contents in the container packaged as required herein shall be considered intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic content is labeled as otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100. ► The retail sales for a brewer/licensee under this subsection may not exceed 3,500 barrels per year, provided that off-sales may not total more than 50 percent of the brewer/licensee's production or 500 barrels, whichever is less. ► A brewer operating a brewer taproom may hold or have an interest in other retail on-sale licenses, but may not have an ownership interest in whole or in part, or be an officer, director, agent or employee of, any other manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler or be an affiliate thereof, whether the affiliation is corporate or by management, direction or control. Notwithstanding this prohibition, a brewer licensed under this provision may be an affiliate or subsidiary company of a brewer licensed in Minnesota or elsewhere if that brewer's only manufacture of malt liquor or wine is: 1) As a brewer taproom as defined herein and limited to the regulations of a brewer taproom by this chapter; 2) Manufactured in another state for consumption exclusively in a restaurant located in the place of manufacture or brewing; or Page 5 of 6