Flounder
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Has anyone here carried while at a distillery while taking a tour? I've done the tours but didnt carry at the time. I dont remember seeing any signs that mention firearms, but I wasn't looking.
Hmm, dunno how successful you'd be. Depending on their licensure, there's a slight chance they're designated as a bar as they serve samples.
Skip the samples? Isnt that what the tour is for? :banana:The ABC licences are only for a very controlled area in the visitor center usually. So I assume on the tour would be fine, if one just skips the samplers.
Skip the samples? Isnt that what the tour is for? :banana:
The ABC licences are only for a very controlled area in the visitor center usually. So I assume on the tour would be fine, if one just skips the samplers.
If they are licensed to dispense then the ENTIRE area is off-limits unless you carry unloaded and openly. Even if they are only giving samples in one small area, by definition of the law the entire premises is considered to apply, as long as the entire premises is owned or leased by the same individual or company that applied for the license to dispense.
Whenever the KRS page isn't down I will post the statute concerning this very topic.
Bottom-line is the entire place is off-limits unless you carry openly and unloaded. This does not apply if you are a peace officer or other exempted person under KRS 527.020.
The Entire distillery? Even if they are separate buildings?
You can carry loaded on the premises licensed to sell Alcohol as long as you aren't in the specific room where it is being SOLD by the drink. You can be in there if it is free samples. You can even sample it, but I would advise against this.
I have typed this message a bunch.
Full law can be found here.
You are absolutely right.
I don't know what I was doing when I posted that information but I must have just got off of a stressful midnight shift or something. Maybe I was thinking about a different thread, but even then I would have been incorrect.
You are absolutely right.
I don't know what I was doing when I posted that information but I must have just got off of a stressful midnight shift or something. Maybe I was thinking about a different thread, but even then I would have been incorrect.
You CAN carry in a distillery as long as you do NOT carry in the portion that is actually serving alcohol.
KRS 244.125 Prohibition against possession of loaded firearm in room where alcoholic beverages are being sold by the drink.
Don't listen to what a cop tells you, no matter if he's a friend, a foe, or an Open Carrier. A cop is still a cop.
FLB--I want to say there are a dozen or two of different kinds of liquor licenses in KY. To me, it would be like playing Russian Roulette and I wouldn't risk it.
Every time this thread moves up the list and into view, I get thirsty.
Threads like this should have a reverse sticky feature--they're hidden until 6:00pm.