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ABT Jul 14, 2023 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Florida Guidelines for Third-Party Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages

By Madison Long

In Florida, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT) is concerned about violations of the Tied House Evil Law, which aims to prevent unfair practices in the alcoholic beverage industry. This law prohibits manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers from controlling local markets through payments to alcohol retailers and other unfair marketing techniques. The ABT has established guidelines for third-party...

Breweries Jun 18, 2023 | Read Time: 3 minutes

Navigating Food Licenses for Breweries, Brewpubs, Wineries, and Distilleries

By Madison Long

If you’re thinking about starting a brewery, brewpub, winery, or distillery, it’s important to understand that these businesses require special licensing for both alcohol and food. While alcohol has its unique regulations, it is still considered a food product by the primary food regulatory agencies. In this blog post, we will explore the requirements for obtaining food licenses and...

Breweries May 19, 2023 | Read Time: 3 minutes

The Two Big Questions About Tips

By Trevor Brewer

In bars, taprooms, and tasting rooms, determining who can participate in a tip pool raises two important questions. These questions revolve around whether managers should share in the tip pool and how employees with dual job roles should be treated when it comes to tips. This article will delve into these questions and propose potential solutions to ensure fair...

ABT May 14, 2023 | Read Time: 4 minutes

UPDATED: 6 Requirements for Florida Restaurant’s to Sell Beer, Wine & Liquor

By Trevor Brewer

Florida restaurants that want to sell beer, wine and liquor–whether at a restaurant bar or to seated customers–must have a 4COP-SFS (formerly known as 4COP-SRX) license issued by the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (ABT) pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 561.20(2)(a)4. Most recently, this law was updated by Florida Law 2023-65, effective July 1, 2023. To get...

Breweries Feb 12, 2023 | Read Time: 3 minutes

Kegs, Tap Markers, and Pallets: Handling the Property That Isn’t Beer

By Trevor Brewer

When it comes to delivering beer from breweries to distributors and from distributors to retailers, it’s not just about the beer. There are also kegs, tap markers, and pallets that change hands in each transaction, and the Florida Beverage Law does not provide much guidance on their management. This is why it’s important for all parties – brewery, distributor,...

General Business Jan 22, 2023 | Read Time: 3 minutes

Music Licensing Fees are Unavoidable for Bar Owners

By Trevor Brewer

You first opened your brewery taproom, winery tasting room, or craft distillery bar several weeks ago, and everything is going well. A good crowd is enjoying your products and the environment, enhanced by a perfectly curated playlist of just the right chill pop hits. That’s when you open a letter from a company called BMI, ASCAP or SESAC. This...

ABT Dec 11, 2022 | Read Time: 4 minutes

Variation Requests by Florida Alcohol Suppliers

By Trevor Brewer

Laws and regulations that govern the production and sale of alcoholic beverage products can seem very strict. This is true for the most part. However, there are circumstances when variances from the rules–either permanent or temporary–are authorized. The key to any variance from federal or state alcoholic beverage regulations is the same: a request for variance must be made...

ABT Nov 6, 2022 | Read Time: 5 minutes

What Florida Law Says about Pop-Up Bars & Restaurants

By Trevor Brewer

Nothing. Despite the popularity of pop-up bars and restaurants, Florida does not have special laws and regulations that are specifically aimed at these short-term hospitality concepts. That’s a problem for pop-up organizers. The primary attributes of pop-ups are their limited durations (sometimes as short as one event) and their uncommon locations (abandoned businesses, building rooftops, airplane hangars, etc.). But...

ABT May 15, 2022 | Read Time: 4 minutes

What Jack Daniel Grill Tells Us About Trademark Licensing in Florida’s Alcoholic Beverage Industry

By Trevor Brewer

The Florida ABT’s 1998 Declaratory Statement tells that licensed alcoholic beverage retailers can pay manufacturers for the use of their trademark under certain terms. Friday’s Wanted to Create the Jack Daniel’s Grill In Declaratory Statement 98-01, the ABT was asked whether Friday’s Hospitality Worldwide Inc. (“Friday’s”, operators of the same restaurant chain at the time), a alcoholic beverage vendor,...

Florida Jan 16, 2022 | Read Time: 3 minutes

Mobile Alcohol Sales Are (Mostly) Not Permitted in Florida

By Trevor Brewer

Imagine a business–call it Mobile Bar–that brings the bar to you. You hire Mobile Bar for a reception, party or other event held at your home, office, or other private property. Mobile Bar has a cool, old trailer, truck, or standing bar that it brings to your location. Mobile Bar handles buying all the beer, wine and liquor and...