Florida liquor license types, in plain words

Full liquor, on-premises (4COP, quota)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold. Must maintain the licensed premises in an active manner in which the licensed premises are open for business to the public for the bona fide retail sale of authorized alcoholic beverages during regular and reasonable business hours for the minimum hours per day and days per year as specified in s. 561.29(h) or (i), as applicable to the license.

Full bar with package sales; the quota license a bar or nightclub needs.

Beer & wine, on-premises (2COP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine. Type of Sale: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold.

Beer and wine by the drink; the non-quota restaurant and cafe license, no spirits.

Beer & wine, package (2APS)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine. Type of Sale: Package sales for off-premises consumption.

Beer and wine to go; the everyday convenience, grocery and gas-station license.

Full liquor, package store (3PS, quota)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: Package sales for off-premises consumption. Must maintain the licensed premises in an active manner in which the licensed premises are open for business to the public for the bona fide retail sale of authorized alcoholic beverages during regular and reasonable business hours for the minimum hours per day and days per year as specified in s. 565.02(1)(a) 561.29(h) or (i), F.S., as applicable to the license.

Liquor store; a quota license, so it was bought or won in the lottery.

Caterer (13CT)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on the premises only of any catered event at which the licensee is providing prepared food.

Caterer pouring the full bar at events it feeds; no fixed bar.

Beer only, package (1APS)

Products Permitted: Beer. Type of Sale: Package sales for off-premises consumption.

Beer to go, no wine; a small store or gas station.

Beer only, on-premises (1COP)

Products Permitted: Beer. Type of Sale: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold.

Beer by the drink, nothing stronger.

Full liquor, restaurant (4COP SFS)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises or in a sealed container meeting the requirements of s. 561.20(2)(a)4, F.S., for consumption off premises. Must have 2,000 square feet of service area, be equipped to serve meals to 120 persons at one time, has at least 120 physical seats available for patrons to use during operating hours, holds itself out as a restaurant, and derive at least 51 percent of gross food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages.

Full bar for a real restaurant (2,000 sq ft, 120 seats, 51% food); not a quota license.

Culinary education program (CEP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only.

A culinary school's teaching restaurant.

Special hotel or motel (S, 4COP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold. Must have 80 guest rooms or more in a county of less than 50,000 residents or 100 guest rooms or more in a county of greater than 50,000 residents.

Full bar for a large hotel; not a quota license.

Historic hotel (SH, 4COP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold. Must be a bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic structure as defined in s. 561.01(20), F.S., with fewer than 100 guest rooms.

Full bar for a small historic hotel.

Club (11C)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only. Sales to members and nonresident guests only.

Lodge, fraternal or private club bar, members and guests only.

Golf or tennis club (11CG)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only. Sales permitted to members and nonresident guests only.

Country club bar, members and guests.

American Legion post (11AL)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only.

Historic Legion post; members and guests.

Performing arts venue (11PA)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only. Issued to a facility consisting of not less than 200 seats which is owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation qualified under the provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Nonprofit theater, symphony or arts center; drinks around performances only.

Pari-mutuel facility (12RT)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only. Sales permitted only within the enclosure in which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.

Track, jai-alai or card room bar.

Bottle club (14BC)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: Sales of alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

BYOB club; no sales, so no distributor account.

Special restaurant, grandfathered (SR)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. For licenses issued pre-1958: By the drink or in sealed containers for consumption on or off the premises where sold. For licenses issued post-1958: By the drink for consumption on premises only.

Old-law full-liquor restaurant license; transfers of ownership only, no new ones.

Temporary permit (ODP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on the premises for a period not to exceed 3 days.

One-, two- or three-day event permit, not a new account.

Not in the feed: nobody sells to these the way they sell to a bar or store.

Special act temporary permit (SODP)

Products Permitted: Beer; Wine; Liquor. Type of Sale: By the drink for consumption on premises only for a temporary period under the applicable Special Act.

Temporary event permit under a local special act.

Not in the feed: nobody sells to these the way they sell to a bar or store.

Winery (AMW)

Engaged in manufacturing or bottling wine. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and to no one else within the state, unless authorized by statute.

Winery; sells to distributors, tasting-room sales by separate rule.

Winery, wine and cordials (BMWC)

Engaged in manufacturing of wines and cordials. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and to no one else within the state, unless authorized by statute.

Winery that also makes cordials.

Brewery (CMB)

Engaged in brewing malt beverages. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and to no one else within the state, unless authorized by statute.

Brewery; a taproom needs its own vendor license.

Distillery (DD)

Engaged in manufacturing distilled spirits. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and to no one else within the state, unless authorized by statute.

Distillery.

Craft distillery (DD CD)

Engaged in manufacturing distilled spirits and distills, rectifies or blends 250,000 gallons or less of distilled spirits per calendar year. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and may sell face to face to consumers at its souvenir gift shop or tasting room.

Craft distillery with gift-shop and tasting-room sales.

Rectifier and blender (ERB)

Engaged in rectifying and blending spirituous liquors. License permits the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and the distribution of the same at wholesale to licensed distributors and to no one else within the state, unless authorized by statute.

Blends and bottles spirits made elsewhere.

Distributor, beer, wine and liquor (KLD)

Engaged in distribution of spirituous, vinous, and malt beverages to vendors and distributors.

Full-line distributor.

Distributor, beer and wine (JDBW)

Engaged in distribution of beer and/or wine to vendors and other distributors.

Beer and wine distributor.

Importer (IMPR)

Importers, whether resident or nonresident, licensed to sell, or cause to be sold, shipped and invoiced, domestic and foreign alcoholic beverages to licensed manufacturers, distributors and no one else in the state.

Importer selling to manufacturers and distributors only.

Not in the feed: nobody sells to these the way they sell to a bar or store.

Exporter (MEXP)

"Exporter" means any person who sells alcoholic beverages to persons for use outside the state and includes a ship's chandler and a duty free shop.

Ship's chandler or duty-free shop.