OHIOSTEVE

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A local bar owner has asked me to participate in a beer tasting event. He serves a lot of different beers and I have given him some of mine. He wants to have a tasting and asked me to bring some beer to sample. he will be charging for the event.

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JetSmooth

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Nope.

ETA: He should know better.

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tvtoms

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You'd need a license the same as if you were selling it I would think.

BrookdaleBrew

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It depends on local law, but in NC we have a large Oktoberfest every year with hundreds of beers to sample and there is always a homebrew tent where you can sample homebrew. You have to pay to get into the event, but I assume it is legal because you aren't paying directly for the homebrew samples.

Homercidal

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Check with your state law, but I am pretty sure here in Michigan it is against the law to sell your homebrew in any way, shape or form. I'm sure that includes hosting a tasting and featuring homebrews, as long as they are charging for entrance that is.

AnOldUR

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Even if it isn't legal, if he doesn't pay you, it's not you breaking the law. You didn't sell your beer. He's the only one risking getting busted.

OHIOSTEVE

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OK, I told him I thought it was illegal. He thinks that as long as he charges for the commercial beer and adds the homebrew as " free samples" he will be OK. I don't know. There is another homebrewer he knows that he wants to get involved also.

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snail

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Couldn't you call your state liquor control and ask them if it's legal?

dgooden

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You should take this opportunity to talk to your state liquor board and find out what they think, that way you get the answer...one way or another, straight from the horses mouth, not from someone who "thinks" it'll be OK.

BrookdaleBrew

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Now that I think about it, I went to a different beer festival in a different state (SC) earlier this year and homebrew samples were also being given out there. It must have something to do with the fact that you're paying for entrance to the event, but not for the samples themselves.