§ 3. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context\nrequires otherwise:\n 1. "Alcoholic beverage" or "beverage" mean and include alcohol,\nspirits, liquor, wine, beer, cider and every liquid, solid, powder or\ncrystal, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and\ncapable of being consumed by a human being, and any warehouse receipt,\ncertificate, contract or other document pertaining thereto; except that\nconfectionery containing alcohol as provided by subdivision twelve of\nsection two hundred of the agriculture and markets law and ice cream and\nother frozen desserts made with liquor, wine, beer or cider as provided\nin subdivision fifteen of section two hundred of the agriculture and\nmarkets law shall not be regulated as an "alcoholic beverage" or\n"beverage" within the meaning of this section where the sale, delivery\nor giving away is to a person aged twenty-one years or older. The sale,\ndelivery or giving away of ice cream or other frozen desserts made with\nliquor, wine, beer or cider to a person under the age of twenty-one\nyears may be prosecuted administratively and/or criminally in accordance\nwith the provisions of this chapter.\n 2. "Alcohol" means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl or spirit of\nwine from whatever source or by whatever processes produced.\n 3. "Beer" means and includes any fermented beverages of any name or\ndescription manufactured from malt, wholly or in part, or from any\nsubstitute therefor.\n 3-a. "Biomass feedstock" shall mean any substance, other than oil,\nnatural gas, coal, shale or products derived from any of these which is\ncapable of being converted into alcohol, including but not be limited to\nwood and other forest materials, animal manure, municipal wastes, food\ncrops and other agricultural materials.\n 3-b. "Bona fide retailer association" shall mean an association of\nretailers holding licenses under this chapter, organized under the\nnon-profit or not-for-profit laws of this state, and possessing a\nfederal tax exemption under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code\nof the United States.\n 3-c. "Braggot" shall mean a malt alcoholic beverage made primarily\nfrom honey, water, and malt and/or hops; it may also contain fruits,\nspices, herbs, grain or other agricultural products. Honey shall\nrepresent at least fifty-one percent of the starting fermentable sugars\nby weight of the finished product. For the purposes of this chapter,\nbraggot shall be designated and sold as a beer.\n 4. "Brewery" means and includes any place or premises where beer is\nmanufactured for sale; and all offices, granaries, mashrooms,\ncooling-rooms, vaults, yards, and storerooms connected therewith or\nwhere any part of the process of manufacture of beer is carried on, or\nwhere any apparatus connected with such manufacture is kept or used, or\nwhere any of the products of brewing or fermentation are stored or kept,\nshall be deemed to be included in and to form part of the brewery to\nwhich they are attached or are appurtenant.\n 5. "Brewer" means any person who owns, occupies, carries on, works, or\nconducts any brewery, either by himself or by his agent.\n 6. "Board" or "local board" or "appropriate board" or "board having\njurisdiction" shall mean the state liquor authority.\n 7. "Building containing licensed premises" shall include the licensed\npremises and also any part of a building in which such premises is\ncontained and any part of any other building connected with such\nbuilding by direct access or by a common entrance.\n 7-a. (a) "Catering establishment" means and includes any premises\nowned or operated by any person, firm, association, partnership or\ncorporation who or which regularly and in a bona fide manner furnishes\nfor hire therein one or more ballrooms, reception rooms, dining rooms,\nbanquet halls, dancing halls or similar places of assemblage for a\nparticular function, occasion or event and/or who or which furnishes\npro
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