Wisconsin

No dry jurisdictions; local ordinance many restrict hours for Class A licensees for beer and liquor off-premises sales; but for Class B businesses that sell either off-premises retail beer, spirits or wine, or serve beer, spirits or wine on-premises (per drink) law says “municipalities may NOT further restrict the closing hours” mandated by the state; cities may obtain up to 20 temporary single-day Class B wine-only licenses per year for “wine walks” and an unlimited number of temporary single-day Class B beer-only licenses for “beer walks”; sellers of beer, spirits may serve customers up to two, 3-fluid ounce taste samples between 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; it is a felony for a Class A licensed business to have any video gambling devices on premises and to have more than five of the machines at a Class B business; on April 5, 2016, voters in the small village of Ephraim on the Door County peninsula passed two referendums allowing sales of beer (Class B license) and wine (Class C) after being “dry” for 163 years (since 1853); Ephraim’s vote came as the state’s Wisconsin 2015 Act removing “local option” elections on alcohol sales took effect as of April 27, 2016.