New York Laws
Article 4 - Special Provisions Relating to Beer
52 - Custom Beermakers' Center.

(a) conduct training classes on how to manufacture beer; and
(b) conduct beer tastings for those individuals taking such classes
and/or using such facility for brewing purposes at the licensed facility
provided that the tastings shall be subject to the following
limitations:
(i) tastings shall be conducted by the licensee or by an official
agent of the licensee. Such licensee or agent shall be physically
present at all times during the conduct of the tastings; and
(ii) any liability stemming from a right of action resulting from a
tasting of beer as authorized herein and in accordance with the
provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations law,
shall accrue to the custom beermakers' center.
4. The custom beermakers' center licensee shall be subject to the
supervision of the authority to ensure that the licensee and the
individuals utilizing such center are in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter, state laws, rules, and regulations, and the laws,
rules, and regulations of the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau.
5. The licensee or an official agent of the licensee shall be
physically present at all times during the facility's hours of
operations.

6. The annual aggregate production of beer at any such center for all
individuals making beer at such premises, pursuant to a custom
beermakers' center license, shall not exceed the production limits set
by the authority that are commensurate with a non-commercial production
facility. Provided that such aggregate production limit shall not be
offset by beer produced at such facility under a brewer's license or
farm brewery license.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the authority
may issue a custom beermakers' center license to the holder of a farm
brewery or brewery license for use at such licensee's existing licensed
premises.
8. The authority is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
9. The licensee must maintain a record of the name, address, and
contact information of the individuals that have used such facility and
the annual amount of beer produced by each individual at the facility
pursuant to the rules of the authority.