New Hampshire Revised Statutes 178:7 – Rectifier License
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I. A rectifier licensee may age, blend, and bottle liquor at its premises, may purchase beer, wine, or liquor from sources both inside and outside this state for such aging, blending, and bottling, and may sell the liquor it produces to the commission for resale in this state.
II. No liquor which is aged, blended, or bottled in this state by any rectifier shall be sold or delivered in this state in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this title.
III. Each rectifier shall have the right to transport the liquor it ages, blends, or bottles in bottles or other closed containers to the state border for transportation and sale outside the state to holders of a United States basic permit issued under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
IV. A rectifier may provide samples of liquor rectified on the premises for tasting to visitors of legal drinking age at its licensed rectifier facility. Samples may be provided either free or for a fee and shall be limited to one
1/2-ounce sample per label per person. Samples sold under this section shall be subject to fees as established in paragraph VI.
V. A rectifier producing no more than the equivalent of 3,000 9-liter cases of liquor per year at its licensed rectifier facility shall have the right to distribute samples directly to on-premises and agency store licensees for tasting on the licensed premises in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 179:44.
VI. Each rectifier shall maintain records and prepare reports for the commission which shall indicate the samples distributed under paragraph V and shall pay to the commission monthly a fee equal to 8 percent of the retail value of such samples on or before the tenth day of the month following the sample distribution.
VI. Each rectifier shall maintain records and prepare reports for the commission which shall indicate the samples distributed under paragraph V and shall pay to the commission monthly a fee equal to 8 percent of the retail value of such samples on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the sample distribution.
II. No liquor which is aged, blended, or bottled in this state by any rectifier shall be sold or delivered in this state in any manner which is inconsistent with the provisions of this title.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 178:7
- Alcohol: means that substance known as ethyl alcohol or hydrated oxide of ethyl alcohol which is commonly produced by the fermentation or distillation of grain, starch, molasses, sugar, potatoes or other substances, including all solids, powders, crystals, dilutions and mixtures of these substances. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Beer: means beer, specialty beer as defined by N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Licensee: means the person to whom a license of any kind is issued by the commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Liquor: means all distilled and rectified spirits, alcohol, wines, fermented and malt liquors and cider, of over 6 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
- Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company or corporation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Premises: means and includes all parts of the contiguous real estate occupied by a licensee over which the licensee has direct or indirect control or interest and which the licensee uses in the operation of the licensed business, and which have been approved by the commission as proper places in which to exercise the licensee's privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Rectifier: means a licensee who produces liquor by combining liquor with other products. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. Each rectifier shall have the right to transport the liquor it ages, blends, or bottles in bottles or other closed containers to the state border for transportation and sale outside the state to holders of a United States basic permit issued under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
IV. A rectifier may provide samples of liquor rectified on the premises for tasting to visitors of legal drinking age at its licensed rectifier facility. Samples may be provided either free or for a fee and shall be limited to one
1/2-ounce sample per label per person. Samples sold under this section shall be subject to fees as established in paragraph VI.
V. A rectifier producing no more than the equivalent of 3,000 9-liter cases of liquor per year at its licensed rectifier facility shall have the right to distribute samples directly to on-premises and agency store licensees for tasting on the licensed premises in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 179:44.
[Paragraph VI effective until January 1, 2024; see also paragraph VI set out below.]
VI. Each rectifier shall maintain records and prepare reports for the commission which shall indicate the samples distributed under paragraph V and shall pay to the commission monthly a fee equal to 8 percent of the retail value of such samples on or before the tenth day of the month following the sample distribution.
[Paragraph VI effective January 1, 2024; see also paragraph VI set out above.]
VI. Each rectifier shall maintain records and prepare reports for the commission which shall indicate the samples distributed under paragraph V and shall pay to the commission monthly a fee equal to 8 percent of the retail value of such samples on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the sample distribution.