The ABC Commission issues permits for sale of beer, wine, and mixed beverages, and for other related alcohol service. Hotels are authorized to apply for the following permits:
- On-premises malt beverage
- Off-premises malt beverage
- On-premises unfortified wine
- On-premises fortified wine
- Mixed beverages
- Brown bagging
- Special occasion
- Culinary
- Mixed beverage catering
- Wine-tasting
- Malt beverage tasting
- Guest room cabinet
Brown Bagging
To qualify as a hotel for a brown bagging or a mixed beverages permit, or a malt beverage permit in areas approving on-premises malt beverages, an establishment must have on or closely associated with its premises a full-service restaurant providing at least 36 seats. The restaurant may or may not be owned by the same person who owns the hotel.
Guest Room Cabinet Permits
A guest room cabinet permit authorizes a hotel to sell malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and spirituous liquor to its room guests from securely locked cabinets. The hotel must designate and maintain at least 10% of the permittee’s guest rooms as rooms that do not have a guest room cabinet. A permittee may dispense alcoholic beverages from a guest room cabinet only in accordance with written policies and procedures filed with and approved by the Commission.
Managers’ Receptions
Hotels operating lodging, restaurant, and lounge facilities under one set of ABC permits may offer lodging guests up to two alcoholic beverages per guest per day in the price of the room package under the following conditions:
- The reception or social hour is held on the licensed premises of the hotel
- The hotel issues a voucher or other proof of guest registration for the beverages that can be used by the guest to obtain the beverage of choice
- Nonalcoholic beverages must also be offered to lodging guests during the function
- The hotel must account for the beverages by an internal accounting procedure to ensure that the price of each beverage included in the room rate package is the same price as is being charged other patrons in the lounge or restaurant for the same beverage. This procedure must be acceptable to the ABC Commission
