Hey all,
A close friend of mine asked me to brew a couple kegs for her wedding. I'm really excited! But, I want to make sure it, yanno, legal.
I live in Texas. The wedding will also be in Texas. I found what I think are the laws regulating homebrew... I can make up to 200 gallons per year, yadda yadda. The part about transporting and serving specifically calls out the purpose of organized tasting, literary review etc:
From Texas statute Title 4, Chapter 109, Subchapter B, §109.22
This isn't any of those things. It's a party. I guess it could be an organized tasting/evaluation. Even still, do I need TABC to authorize it in writing???
Anyone have any ideas what exactly is legal in Texas? The event has a high probability of being held in an old historic courthouse (HA!), and the caterers don't care about where the alcohol comes from.
I've got until Fall 2012 to figure this out and get brewing!
A close friend of mine asked me to brew a couple kegs for her wedding. I'm really excited! But, I want to make sure it, yanno, legal.
I live in Texas. The wedding will also be in Texas. I found what I think are the laws regulating homebrew... I can make up to 200 gallons per year, yadda yadda. The part about transporting and serving specifically calls out the purpose of organized tasting, literary review etc:
From Texas statute Title 4, Chapter 109, Subchapter B, §109.22
(b) For the purpose of participating in an organized tasting, evaluation, competition, or literary review, a person to whom this section applies may deliver wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer produced and manufactured by the person to locations that are not licensed under this code for the purpose of submitting those products to an evaluation at an organized tasting competition that is closed to the general public or by a reviewer whose reviews are published if:
(1) no charge of any kind is made for the wine, ale, malt liquor, or beer, for its delivery, or for attendance at the event; and
(2) the commission consents in writing to the delivery.
This isn't any of those things. It's a party. I guess it could be an organized tasting/evaluation. Even still, do I need TABC to authorize it in writing???
Anyone have any ideas what exactly is legal in Texas? The event has a high probability of being held in an old historic courthouse (HA!), and the caterers don't care about where the alcohol comes from.
I've got until Fall 2012 to figure this out and get brewing!