He shouldn't be doing or at least he shouldn't be advertising that he is doing it. However if/when the authorites do find out I seriously doubt anything will happen. Something like this is such a low priority. I was reading about homebrewing before it became legal. Guys like Papazian were openly homebrewing. In the book it talks about how they almost hoped that got busted because it would show how absolutely ridiculous some of the homebrewing laws were/are. Then they could get some media coverage and support for a law change. Something like that recently happened in CA. Homebrewers/homewinemakers had been hosting a charity festival for something like 30 years.......all the time it being illegal. Well someone at the ABC decided to press the issue and shut them down. The homebrewers went to their local politicians and got the law changed. I doubt it ever would have happened without the "bust".
Almost. It was legal up until a new well intentioned law passed. The well intentioned law stated that Charities could SELL homebrew for fundraising purposes. In an effort to prevent just anyone from getting around lisencing laws by founding a "beer" charity, they excluded all 501c3 organizations that existed solely for this purpose. The AHA/CHA fell under this clause and thus the cancellation of the SoCal Homebrew festival this year. It does appear that the legislators have realized this was an unintended consequence and are seeking to address it with a new bill.