Wholesale alcohol rules in Arkansas

Whether a producer may sell direct to a retailer here, by beverage class. Each row says how well sourced it is: whether we read the statute ourselves, or are still working from our own notes or a secondary summary.

This is the producer-to-retailer lane. Sales through a licensed wholesaler are the ordinary route and are not what these rows describe. Nothing here is legal advice — it is a record of what we read, published so you can check it.

Beer

Open, but conditional

Condition: A SECOND permit is required - the small brewery wholesale permit, $250 a year - and the production gate counts every facility under common ownership, not just this one.

Ark. Code 3-5-1405(a)(6) — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.

Wine

Open, but conditional

Producer must make no more than 250,000 gal/yr to qualify

Open to in-state and out-of-state producers.

Ark. Code 3-5-1602(c)(1)(E) — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.

Spirits

Closed

Ark. Code 3-4-602(a) — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.

RTD / canned cocktails

Open, but conditional

Condition: An RTD follows its base, and the three bases do not agree here — beer: conditional, wine: conditional, spirits: prohibited. The order does not carry the base.

Derived from this state's beer, wine and spirits lanes (Ark. Code 3-5-1405(a)(6); Ark. Code 3-5-1602(c)(1)(E); Ark. Code 3-4-602(a))

A class not listed above is one nobody has read yet — not even a secondary summary. It is not a finding that Arkansas forbids it. Every row above links the statute it rests on, so you can check the reading for yourself.