Nebraska breweries could sell their beer at up to eight locations

A regional craft brewery would need a license to make beer and could sell its beer at its licensed locations and to wholesalers. A regional craft brewery is a craft brewery producing between 20,000 and 200,000 barrels of beer a year. Its licensed premises may include up to eight physical locations. The license covers beer made by the brewery. Selling other beer, wine, or alcoholic drinks by the drink for on-site consumption requires the appropriate retail license. The listed annual license fee is $250.

A qualifying brewery would have to obtain either a regional craft brewery license or a manufacturer's license when its production exceeds 20,000 barrels a year. This applies to a brewery that first obtained a craft brewery license and meets the stated operating and production conditions. The brewery must first hold a craft brewery license for at least three years and operate a brewpub or microbrewery at its licensed premises. A manufacturer's license allows continued retail sales only at premises previously licensed as a craft brewery. The brewery may keep up to eight retail locations operating when the license is issued, must give up any additional locations, and may not open new ones. The threshold applies when production at the licensed premises exceeds 20,000 barrels per year.