Sorry for this long post but this is pretty much NJ in a nutshell:
LICENSES – MANUFACTURING
WHAT ARE MANUFACTURING LICENSES?
Alcoholic beverage licenses issued to manufacturers – commonly known in the alcoholic beverage industry as “suppliers” – are “Class A” licenses and are set forth in N.J.S.A. 33:1-10. They include Plenary Brewery (identified in the second set of digits in the license number as a “10”), Limited Brewery (“11”), Plenary Winery (“21”), Farm Winery (“22”), Plenary Distillery (“16”) (none are presently issued), Limited Distillery
(“17”) (none are presently issued), Supplementary Limited Distillery (“18”) (none are presently issued), Rectifier and Blender (“15”) and Bonded Warehouse Bottling (“29”) (none are presently issued) licenses. Any supplier engaging in the actual manufacture or bottling of alcoholic beverage in New Jersey must have one of these licenses. They are issued by the Director of the Division of A.B.C. (See “Brew Pubs.”)
Plenary distillery license. 3a. The holder of this license shall be
25 entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to manufacture any distilled
26 alcoholic beverages and rectify, blend, treat and mix, and to sell and
27 distribute his products to wholesalers and retailers licensed in
28 accordance with this chapter, and to sell and distribute without this
29 State to any persons pursuant to the laws of the places of such sale
30 and distribution, and to maintain a warehouse. The fee for this license
31 shall be $12,500.
Limited distillery license. 3b. The holder of this license shall be
33 entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to manufacture and bottle
34 any alcoholic beverages distilled from fruit juices and rectify, blend,
35 treat, mix, compound with wine and add necessary sweetening and
36 flavor to make cordial or liqueur, and to sell and distribute to
37 wholesalers and retailers licensed in accordance with this chapter, and
38 to sell and distribute without this State to any persons pursuant to the
39 laws of the places of such sale and distribution and to warehouse these
40 products. The fee for this license shall be $3,750.
Supplementary limited distillery license. 3c. The holder of this
42 license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to bottle and
43 rebottle, in a quantity to be expressed in said license, dependent upon
44 the following fees, alcoholic beverages distilled from fruit juices by
45 such holder pursuant to a prior plenary or limited distillery license, and
46 to sell and distribute his products to wholesalers and retailers licensed
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1 in accordance with this chapter, and to sell and distribute without this
2 State to any persons pursuant to the laws of the places of such sale
3 and distribution, and to maintain a warehouse. The fee for this license
4 shall be graduated as follows: to so bottle and rebottle not more than
5 5,000 wine gallons per annum, $313; to so bottle and rebottle not
6 more than 10,000 wine gallons per annum, $625; to so bottle and
7 rebottle without limit as to amount, $1,250.
Note that with a "Plenary" distillery license in NJ, you attain the right to sell directly to wholesalers AND retailers.