Distilleries may sell spirits directly and hold permitted events

Manufacturing distilleries may sell or ship their spirits in total quantities up to 40,000 gallons per calendar year. This covers spirits produced by a manufacturing distillery and sold at retail or shipped to buyers inside or outside North Dakota. Sales within North Dakota are limited to 2.38 gallons per month per person for personal use and not resale. Packaging must meet labeling rules. Event sales and sampling require a permit and must follow local rules. The 40,000-gallon limit applies per calendar year.

Manufacturing distilleries may hold events at their premises and satellite locations. A satellite location is an offsite location owned or leased by a manufacturing distillery for retail operations. The tax commissioner may issue permits for up to 40 event days per calendar year. At permitted events, a distillery may offer free samples and sell spirits by the glass or in closed containers, subject to local rules. Permits may cover up to 40 event days per calendar year.

Domestic distilleries may sell and deliver spirits directly to licensed retailers. This covers domestic distilleries and licensed retailers. A distillery must produce no more than 12,000 proof gallons of spirits per year to use this rule. It may deliver offsite using its own equipment and employees, a licensed distributor, or a common carrier. Direct sales and deliveries to all licensed retailers are capped at 200 cases per year. Common-carrier shipments are limited to three cases per retailer per day, and a case may not exceed 2.38 gallons. The production and 200-case limits apply per year; the three-case limit applies per retailer per day.