As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Alcoholic beverage” means a beverage containing more than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight;
(2) “Barrel” means thirty-one gallons (31 gals.);
(3) “Beer” means a fermented liquor made from malt or a substitute and having an alcoholic content not in excess of five percent (5%) by volume;
(4) “Dry area” means an area in this state in which the manufacture or sale of beer is prohibited by a local option election held pursuant to applicable laws of this state;
(5) “Malt beverage” means a liquor brewed from the fermented juices of grain and having an alcoholic content of at least five percent (5%) but not more than twenty-one percent (21%) by weight;
(6) “Microbrewery” means a brewery that manufactures one (1) or more varieties of beer, malt beverage, or hard cider in an aggregate quantity not to exceed forty-five thousand (45,000) barrels per year from all facilities under common ownership with the microbrewery;
(7) “Microbrewery-restaurant private club” means a nonprofit organization organized and existing under the laws of this state that: Is both a microbrewery and a restaurant;
(8) Has members, which are not directly or indirectly benefitted by the entity's net revenues;
(9) Exists for some common recreational, social, patriotic, political, national, benevolent, athletic, community hospitality, professional association, entertainment, or other object or purpose other than the consumption of alcoholic beverages; and
(10) Has existed for at least one (1) year; and
(11) “Restaurant” means a public or private place that: Is kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public or to a private or restricted membership as a place where complete meals are actually and regularly served;
(12) Has adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining equipment;
(13) Has seating capacity for at least fifty (50) people;
(14) Has sufficient number and type of employees to prepare, cook, and serve suitable food for its guests or members;
(15) Serves at least one (1) meal per day; and
(16) Is open for business a minimum of five (5) days per week, with the exception of holidays, vacations, and periods of redecorating.