Liquor Bulletins

Liquor bulletins highlight changes to our policies and guidelines. Below are the recent bulletins:

2024

• Direct to Consumer Liquor Sales - Dec 9
• Policy Modernization - Nov 29
• Liquor Manufacturer Handbook Review - Nov 27
• Special Event Licence (SEL) Policies and Guidelines Review - Nov 27
• Abandoned Liquor Product - Sep 19
• Class C Canteen and Travellers' Lounge - Sep 4
• Class A Liquor Storage - Sep 4
• Liquor Store Physical Separation - Jun 20
• Special Event Licence Liquor Service Hours - Jun 20
• Liquor Delivery Service - May 10
• Exclusivity Agreements & Sponsorships - Mar 27
• Liquor Container Registration - Feb 22
• Policy Amendment - Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) Distributed Network - Feb 21

2023

• Liquor Sales Data - Dec 6
• Product Category Definitions, Seasonal Product Registration and Private Label Products - Oct 4
• Added Value Items - Oct 4
• Liquor Sales Reporting and Remittance - Aug 10
• Faulty Liquor Product Claims - Jul 6
• Policy Amendment – Security Camera Domes - Jul 5
• Small Manufacturer Off Sales at Trade Shows - Jun 29
• Video Lottery Terminal - Liquor Licensee Handbook VLT Amendments - Mar 24
• Energy Drinks in Liquor Stores - Feb 17

2022

• Liquor Licensee Handbook Red Tape Reduction Modernization - Nov 29
• Contract Manufacturing - Nov 22
• Policy Amendments – Airport Entertainment Centres - Sept 29
• Maximum Size for Beer, Cider and Refreshment Beverage Samples - July 28
• Exclusivity Agreement - July 28
• Prohibited Relationships - July 28
• Private Non-Sale Annual Hotel Special Event Licence - July 26
• Manufacturer Off-site Storage - June 3
• Bagging Requirement for Partially Consumed Liquor Products - April 26
• Delivery Service Licence Storage - March 8
• Homemade and Ferment-on-Premises Beer, Wine and Cider Service - March 8
• Russian Liquor Supply - February 27
• Off Sales Licence Endorsement - January 18

2021

• Liquor Licensee Handbook - Hours of Operation - December 1
• Special Event Licence (SEL) Policy Review - November 25
• Liquor Warehouse Handbook Review - September 16
• Liquor Agency Handbook Review - July 20
• Liquor Store Security Guidelines - June 15
• Liquor Manufacturer Handbook Review - May 20
• General Merchandise Liquor Store Handbook Review - March 18
• Mixed Drinks - March 17
• Retail liquor store handbook review - February 18
• Third Party Payment Processors (TPPs) - February 2

2020

• Early Hours of Liquor Service - December 21
• Licensee Handbook Review - December 14
• Off-premises Liquor Tastings - December 14
• Sale of Mixed Drinks for Off‐site Consumption - December 14
• Liquor Agency Business Plans - November 4
• Liquor Samples for Consumers (Off-Premises) - October 20
• Manufacturer Off-Site Storage - October 13
• Class B (Moving Motor Vehicles) Liquor Identifier Decals - September 30
• Complimentary Alcoholic Beverages at Hotels and All-Inclusive Hotel Packages - August 17
• Farmers’ and Artisan Markets - August 17
• Special Event Licence (SEL) Bus Tour Consumption Requirements - August 17
• Bring Your Own Liquor - July 15
• Loyalty Programs - July 15
• Product Promotions - July 8
• Patios - May 25
• Estate Manufacturer - May 25
• Separation of Business Document - April 1
• Objections to an Application - April 1
• Tastings - April 1
• Liquor Manufacturer Policy Amendments - March 27
• Under 25 Identification Requirements (COVID-19) - March 20
• Production of Hand Sanitizer by Class E Manufacturers - March 19
• Class A Off Sales - March 18
• Entertainment Policy - February 21
• Licensee Handbook Policy Amendment - February 21

2019

• December 25 Opening - December 16
• Delivery Service Licence - December 16
• Authorized Warehouses in Alberta - December 3
• Minors Section - Liquor Policy Handbooks - November 4
• Class B Liquor Licence - Other Business - November 4
• Advertising Clarification - August 7
• Hotel-wide Licensing - August 7
• Increase in brazen thefts from liquor stores - July 24
• Licensee Handbook‐ Video Lottery Terminal Policy Amendments - June 6
• Special Event Licence – Public Resale - March 11
• Product Promotion - Liquor Tastings - January 11

2018

• Liquor Licensing of Spas, Salons and Barbershops - March 7
• Product Promotion - Liquor Tastings - March 1