Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies if:

(1) a person that has an artisan distiller‘s permit also has an interest in:

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(A) a farm winery permit; or

(B) a brewer’s permit under IC 7.1-3-2-7(5); and

(2) the artisan distillery and the brewery or farm winery production facility occupy the same building.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision, a person to whom this section applies may sell for consumption on the premises all alcoholic beverages:

(1) manufactured at the two (2) production facilities; and

(2) from a single bar.

The commission may not require any physical separation at the bar between the service of alcoholic beverages manufactured by one (1) production facility and the service of alcoholic beverages manufactured by the other production facility.

     (c) This section does not exempt a person to which this section applies from complying with permit restrictions affecting the sales and service of each alcoholic beverage produced by the two (2) production facilities. If the law applicable to one (1) of the permits under subsection (a)(2) that the person has an interest in is more prohibitive or restrictive regarding the presence of a minor in the bar area of the licensed premises than the law applicable to the other premises under subsection (a)(2) that the person has an interest in, the more prohibitive or restrictive law applies to the single bar area.

As added by P.L.285-2019, SEC.49.