Prepared Servings: Cocktails, Beer, and Wine To Go

• Must be prepared and filled at the time of the sale.
• Must use a container sealed with a lid.
• There is no size limit on the container or amount of alcohol.
• All-beverage licensees may sell drinks with liquor in to-go cups with lids only. Federal regulations do not allow retailers to bottle or can distilled spirit drinks.
• Restaurant beer and wine (RBW) licensees may sell prepared servings. Food must be purchased at the same time, as stated on the bill, and may only be sold between the hours of 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.
• Industry members (breweries, wineries, distilleries, and wholesalers) may sell cups to retailers if the cups are sold at a price not less than the cost to the industry member who initially purchased them.

Optional Labeling

Labeling a prepared serving is optional. If you choose to label, you may include:

• Name of the establishment.
• List of ingredients, including the name brand of the distilled spirit, beer, or wine.
• The wording “Mixed by…,” “Blended by…,” “Prepared by…,” etc.
• Name of the cocktail.

• May not prefill or prepare servings before the sale.
• May not bottle or can drinks with liquor (per federal guidelines).
• May not refill liquor bottles.
• May not consume prepared servings on licensed premises.

Prohibited Labeling

Labeling may not include anything suggesting the product was manufactured or produced at the on-premises establishment, or that misleads the public to believe the on-premises establishment is a manufacturer. Prohibited wording includes:

• “Manufactured by…”
• “Canned by…”
• “Created by…”
• “Bottled by…”
• “Produced by…”
• “Handcrafted by…”

• Must be prepared and filled at the time of the sale.
• Must use a container sealed with a lid. This does not include growlers or crowlers, which are considered original packaging.
• There is no size limit on the container or amount of alcohol, except as noted for breweries and distilleries.
• For brewery and distillery licenses, all prepared servings count toward sample room limits and may only be sold between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
• Distilleries may can cocktails with distilled spirits, also known as ready to drink (RTD). The distillery must go through the federal and state product and labeling process for RTDs.
• Industry members (breweries, wineries, and distilleries) may sell cups to retailers if the cups are sold at a price not 

• May not prefill or prepare servings before the sale. Approved RTDs by distillers are an exception and are not considered prepared servings; they are considered original packaging.
• May not consume prepared servings on the licensed premises.
• May not exceed sample room limits.

Sample room limits

• Breweries are limited to no more than 48 oz per person per day.
• Distilleries are limited to no more than 2 oz per person per day.