14b NCAC 15c .0606      DRAFT MALT BEVERAGE SALES: ACCESSORIES: DELIVERIES

(a)  A wholesaler shall transport draft malt beverages in kegs to the premises of a licensed retailer. The wholesaler shall collect for the sale, and the retailer shall sign the sales ticket and add the name of the purchaser and the delivery address for the draft malt beverages. If the purchaser of the draft malt beverages can not transport the keg or does not know how to set up and tap the keg, the purchaser may request the wholesaler's assistance. Upon receiving a a request for assistance, the wholesaler may deliver the keg from the retailer's premises to the purchaser and delivery address designated on the sales ticket.

(b)  At the designated place of delivery, the wholesaler may set up the equipment, tap the keg, and test to see that the keg is functioning.

(c)  A wholesaler may deliver to a consumer hand pumps, carbon dioxide cylinders, related gauges, tubs, ice, and cups with the kegs. Accessories may be left with a retailer only when the retailer has a specific and current order from a consumer, and either the retailer will deliver or the purchaser will pick up the kegs and accessories. This Rule does not authorize a wholesaler to loan or rent tubs or tapping accessories to a retailer.

(d)  If a brewery charges a wholesaler a deposit for a draft malt beverage keg, the wholesaler shall charge and collect the deposit from the retailer when the keg is delivered to the retailer.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B‑207; 18B‑1116;

Eff. January 1, 1982;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1992; May 1, 1984;

Transferred and Recodified from 04 NCAC 02T .0607 Eff. August 1, 2015;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 19, 2017;

Readopted Eff. February 1, 2026.