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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 180:11

  • Beverage vendor: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, including any subsidiaries thereof, which sells beverages or specialty beverages to wholesale distributors. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Brew pub: means a manufacturer of beer, specialty beer, or cider not exceeding 2,500 barrels annually, which as a functional part of its business, maintains a full service restaurant serving the beer it manufactures as well as other beverage and liquor as allowed by N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Wholesale distributor: means a person licensed by the commission to engage in the purchase of beverages only from the holders of wholesale distributor licenses, beverage manufacturer licenses, beverage vendor licenses, brew pub licenses, or nano brewery licenses. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
Every beverage wholesale distributor shall service, for the purpose of quality control, all of the beverages it sells to its retailers. Each such wholesale distributor shall provide such additional quality control services and comply with such additional quality control standards as are from time to time specified in writing by the owner of the trademark of the brand or label of beverage, provided that such activities or standards are reasonable and are reasonably related to the maintenance of quality control. An exclusive territorial designation in any distribution agreement shall be changed only upon the written consent of the beverage manufacturer, beverage vendor, or brew pub, as applicable, and the wholesale distributor, and shall be filed pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 180:10, and the commission shall require each party to verify that the level of service within the designated territory shall not be affected by such change.