December 2016 Business Meeting Minutes
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BUSINESS MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION Held: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Lansing District Office 525 W Allegan Lansing MI 48909 Present: Andrew J. Deloney, Chairman Dennis Olshove, Commissioner Absent: Teri L. Quimby, Commissioner Staff: Pamela Hamilton, Deputy Director of Finance Division Anita Fawcett, Executive Services Division ___________________________________________ The meeting was called to order by Chairman Deloney at 9:35 a.m., noting a quorum was present. I. Moved by Commissioner Olshove, supported by Chairman Deloney, that the minutes of the Commission meeting of November 15, 2016, be approved as written and presented, motion carried by unanimous vote. II. Ms. Hamilton presented the E-Quote reports for product listings in four categories and requested approval of the following: A. That the products listed below be granted exceptions to the standard pack size, inasmuch as the items are packaged nationally or meets other exceptions as indicated and be approved for listing in the approved products list effective January 1, 2017: COMPANY/ADA PRODUCT PACK SIZE A. Hardy/U.S.A. Ltd. 750ml Fiorente Elderflower Liqueur 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Glen Scotia Double Cask Scotch 6 Bottles 750ml Glen Scotia Victoriana 6 Bottles 750ml Glen Scotia 15 Yr. Scotch 6 Bottles 750ml Hyde No. 1 Whiskey 6 Bottles 750ml Hyde No. 2 Rum Cask Finish 6 Bottles 750ml Hyde No. 3 Bourbon Matured 6 Bottles 750ml Hyde No. 4 Rum Cask Finish 6 Bottles 750ml Inchmurrin Madeira Finish 6 Bottles 750ml Inchmurrin 12 Yr. Scotch 6 Bottles Business Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Page 2 750ml Inchmurrin 18 Yr. Scotch 6 Bottles 750ml Little Mill 25 Yr. Scotch 1 Bottle 750ml Loch Lomond Original Scotch 6 Bottles 750ml Loch Lomond Signature 6 Bottles 750ml Loch Lomond Single Grain 6 Bottles 750ml Loch Lomond 12 Yr. 6 Bottles 750ml Loch Lomond 18 Yr. 6 Bottles 750ml Prince De Polignac VS Cognac 6 Bottles 750ml Prince De Polignac VSOP 6 Bottles 750ml Prince De Polignac XO 6 Bottles 750ml Prince De Polignac XO Royal 6 Bottles American Fifth Spirits Co. 750ml Capital Gin 6 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) Black Horn, LLC 1000ml Vana Tallinn 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Castle Brands (USA) Corp. 750ml Jefferson’s RSV Pritchard Hill 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Chatham Imports, Inc. 750ml Bubba’s Secret Stills 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Lotte Beverage America Corp. 375ml Chum Churum Citron 20 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 375ml Chum Churum Peach 20 Bottles Duggan’s Distillers Products 750ml La Fogata Anejo Platinum 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Dry Fly Distilling Inc 750ml Dry Fly Triticale Whiskey 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) JEM Beverage Company, LLC 750ml Western Son Cucumber Vodka 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Western Son Peach Vodka 6 Bottles 750ml Western Son Prickly Pear 6 Bottles 750ml Western Son Ruby Red Vodka 6 Bottles MHW Ltd. 750ml Camus XO Elegance Cognac 6 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) Mutual Wholesale Liquor, Inc. 750ml Don Loco Anejo Tequila 6 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Don Loco Blanco Tequila 6 Bottles 750ml Don Loco Reposado Tequila 6 Bottles Pearson & Pearson, LLC 750ml Lazy Guy Cold Heart Whiskey 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Lazy Guy Side Track Bourbon 6 Bottles 750ml Lazy Guy The General 6 Bottles 750ml Lazy Guy Threesome Whiskey 6 Bottles Pernod Ricard USA, LLC 750ml Midleton Dair Ghaelach Whiskey 3 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Proximo Spirits, Inc. 375ml Virginia Black Whiskey 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Business Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Page 3 Russian Standard Vodka (USA) 375ml Deluze VS Cognac 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Campari America, LLC 750ml Glen Grant 12 Yr. Scotch 6 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Glen Grant 18 Yr. Scotch 6 Bottles 1000ml Wild Turkey 101 Rye 6 Bottles Sugarlands Distilling 750ml Sugarlands Shine Root Beer 6 Bottles Company, LLC (NWS Michigan, LLC) Infinium Spirits, Inc. 750ml Teeling Irish Singl Malt 24 Yr. 3 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) Whistling Andy, Inc. 750ml Whistling Andy Bourbon 6 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Whistling Andy Cucumber Gin 6 Bottles 750ml Whistling Andy Harvest Select 6 Bottles 750ml Whistling Andy Hibiscus Coconut 6 Bottles 750ml Whistling Andy Pear & Peppercorn 6 Bottles 750ml Whistling Andy Rum 6 Bottles 750ml Whistling Andy Vodka 6 Bottles Western Spirits Beverage 750ml Bird Dog Bourbon 10 Yr. 6 Bottles Company, LLC (NWS Michigan, LLC) Winebow, Inc. 750ml American Oak Cognac 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Boomsma Cloosterbitter 6 Bottles 750ml Boomsma Herbal Bitter 6 Bottles 750ml Boomsma Oude 6 Bottles 750ml Rough Rider The Big Stick Rye 6 Bottles That the request of American Fifth Spirits Co., holder of 2016 Small Distiller license, for addition of the following products to the approved products list with case size exceptions, be approved for listing, effective January 1, 2017; further prior to any sale and distribution of these products through the Commission’s spirit distribution system, American Fifth Spirits Co., must submit and receive Commission approval for an amended liquor quotation which designates an Authorized Distribution Agent for these products: PRODUCT PACK SIZE 375ml American Fifth Black Rasp Liq 12 Bottles 375ml American Fifth Buckwheat 12 Bottles 375ml American Fifth Coffee Liqueur 12 Bottles 375ml American Fifth I Wish Riske PL 12 Bottles 375ml I Wish Risky Whiskey 12 Bottles Business Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Page 4 That the request of Bier Barrel Distillery, LLC, holder of 2016 Small Distiller license, for addition of the following products to the approved products list with case size exceptions, be approved for listing, effective January 1, 2017; further prior to any sale and distribution of these products through the Commission’s spirit distribution system, Bier Barrel Distillery, LLC, must submit and receive Commission approval for an amended liquor quotation which designates an Authorized Distribution Agent for these products: PRODUCT PACK SIZE 375ml Bier Distillery Amaro 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Barrel Gin 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Gin 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Moonshine 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Moonshine Brwn 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Pumpkin Spice 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Rum 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Rum Barrel 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Rye Whiskey 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Spiced Rum 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Vodka 12 Bottles 375ml Bier Distillery Whiskey 12 Bottles That the request of Entente Spirits, LLC, holder of 2016 Small Distiller license, for addition of the following product to the approved products list with case size exceptions, be approved for listing, effective January 1, 2017; further prior to any sale and distribution of this product through the Commission’s spirit distribution system, Entente Spirits, LLC, must submit and receive Commission approval for an amended liquor quotation which designates an Authorized Distribution Agent for this product: PRODUCT PACK SIZE 750ml Round Barn Small Batch 269 Gin 6 Bottles A. That the products listed below be granted exceptions to the standard pack size, inasmuch as the items are packaged nationally or meets other exceptions as indicated and be approved for listing in the approved products list effective January 29, 2017: COMPANY/ADA PRODUCT PACK SIZE Luxco, Inc. 200ml Arrow Vodka PL 24 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 375ml Arrow Vodka PL 12 Bottles Business Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Page 5 B. That the following requests for addition of product to the approved products list be approved for listing, effective January 1, 2017: COMPANY/ADA PRODUCT PACK SIZE A. Hardy/U.S.A. Ltd. 750ml Loch Lomond Reserve 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 1750ml Loch Lomond Reserve 6 Bottles American Vintage Beverage Inc. 1750ml TGI Fridays Classic Margarita PL 6 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Ann Arbor Distilling Company 750ml Arbor Wheat Vodka 12 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Arbor Winter Gin 12 Bottles 375ml Water Hill Cherry Brandy 24 Bottles Jim Beam Brands Co. 750ml Cruzan Tropical Fruit Rum 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 1000ml Cruzan Tropical Fruit Rum 12 Bottles 1750ml Cruzan Tropical Fruit Rum 6 Bottles 50ml Red Stag By Jim Beam PL 120 Bottles Beverage Solution 750ml Artesian Wells Rum 12 Bottles Technologies, LLC 750ml Artesian Wells Vodka 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Artesian Wells Whiskey 12 Bottles 750ml Brown Bag Rum 12 Bottles 750ml Brown Bag Vodka 12 Bottles 750ml Brown Bag Whiskey 12 Bottles Black Horn, LLC 50ml Vana Tallinn 120 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 50ml Viru Valge Vodka 120 Bottles 1000ml Viru Valge Vodka 12 Bottles Distilling Head LLC 750ml Warship Silver Rum 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 4 Spirits Distillery LLC 750ml 4 Spirits Single Malt Whiskey 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) Heritage Distilling Company, Inc. 50ml Heritage Brown Sugar BBN PL 120 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Heritage Elk Rider BBN 12 Bottles 750ml Heritage Elk Rider Rye 12 Bottles 750ml Heritage Elk Rider Whiskey 12 Bottles 50ml Heritage Elk Rider Whiskey PL 120 Bottles JEM Beverage Company, LLC 50ml Western Son Cucumber Vodka 120 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 50ml Western Son Peach Vodka 120 Bottles 50ml Western Son Ruby Red Vodka 120 Bottles 750ml Western Son Vodka 12 Bottles 1750ml Western Son Vodka 6 Bottles MHW Ltd. 50ml Blue Chair Bay Key Lime Cream 120 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Blue Chair Bay Key Lime Cream 12 Bottles Mutual Wholesale Liquor, Inc. 750ml Ararat Akhtamar 10 Yr. Brandy 12 Bottles (General Wine & Liquor Co.) 750ml Ararat 3 Yr. Brandy 12 Bottles Business Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Page 6 750ml Ararat 5 Yr. Brandy 12 Bottles 750ml Monopolowa Dry Gin 12 Bottles Ogden’s Own Distillery, LLC 750ml Madam Pattirini Gin 12 Bottles (NWS Michigan, LLC) 750ml Porter’s Apple Liqueur 12 Bottles Proximo Spirits, Inc.