PackerfaninSanDiego
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The one I go to has a fridge with three taps. Is this ok? They have 3-4 oz cups for samples. Does your LBHS have samples?
Im sure its local homebrews from people just like you.
Go in, enjoy one and try and pick out some ingredients they used, if you really enjoy it ask the owner if the recipe is available.
If its on tap at a LHBS it would have to be pretty decent IMO. Ive seen some crazy homebrews at festivals! Limey Cream ale, Smoked IPA.
Boss man brews(extract) out in the parking lot right in front of the shop....he has a "brew" class almost every other weekend....I think he brews one of the three beers he has on tap, cuz it's always the same stuff
The one I go to has a fridge with three taps. Is this ok? They have 3-4 oz cups for samples. Does your LBHS have samples?
Pretty sure it's illegal unless they have a liquor license. A public business is not allowed to give away free alcohol.
Pretty sure means nothing
Well I know that when I was looking into starting a Brew on Premise business the CA ABC specifically stated that sampling of beer, free or othewise, was not allowed without an alcohol license. I don't know why this would be different.
Don't get me wrong....I think it's a great idea...it is just technically illegal
I've been to LHBSes in CA to give samples.
I'm pretty sure the LBHS I visit most often gives out samples, and they're located next door to the Sherrif's office.
I've been to LHBSes in CA to give samples.
I'm pretty sure the LBHS I visit most often gives out samples, and they're located next door to the Sherrif's office.
Apparently we both shop at the Brewmeister in Roseville??
My question is why do you care? Are you going to turn them in? I would say enjoy it and keep quiet before you get some unwanted attention.
Here is why I think it is illegal in the eyes of the ABC. If a business provides "free" alcohol to their customers it easy for them to include the price of the alcohol into the product or service they are selling. In the case of the LHBS say they raise the price of their grain a .10 cents/lb in order to pay for the "free" beer samples. They are then being compensated for providing beer. Of course this almost impossible to prove. The ABC knows this... thus the law that no business can give out "free" alcohol without the proper license.
Phunhog said:At least in CA it is definetly illegal. In fact it is essentially the same as selling homebrew in the eyes of the law. http://calbevlaw.com/2010/12/11/when-is-an-alcoholic-beverage-license-needed/
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