woozy
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I don't think my scenario is breaking either the spirit or the letter of the law. I'm allowed to brew 100 gallons of beer. It doesn't really matter where. If six of us pitched in together for expensive equipment and we drew lots as to where to keep it and Fred drew the long straw, then I can brew 100 gallons while I'm hanging out with my good buddy Fred. ... but if I do, I can't brew any more beer at my own home. Likewise if I go to a brew making class a the brewstore over the hill and as an end product of the class we each make 5 gallons to take home, then that counts towards my 100 gallons.
What *does* seem like a kind of weird loophole is that if I have a room-mate than I'm allowed to make 200 gallons at my good buddy Fred's house. But it's not *that* weird. It's communal property biz. If I make 200 gallons at Fred's house, then my roommate George can't make any beer anywhere.
As for removing beer from the brew on premise, I think the spirit of the law is that the law *wants* us to remove all the beer from Fred's house. If you let Fred keep the 400 (or was it 800) gallons of beer then it seems that Fred is violating the law and used his friends as a cover. If the friends remove the beer to their own houses then ... well, it's just four guys making beer.
Of course, "personal consumption" is weird. I don't have to drink the 100 gallons all by myself. I can give them to friends. I can give them to Fred. I can give them *all* to Fred. ****ing Fred! What'd he do to deserve all my beer?!? He better pay taxes on them. They're my ****ing beer!
What *does* seem like a kind of weird loophole is that if I have a room-mate than I'm allowed to make 200 gallons at my good buddy Fred's house. But it's not *that* weird. It's communal property biz. If I make 200 gallons at Fred's house, then my roommate George can't make any beer anywhere.
As for removing beer from the brew on premise, I think the spirit of the law is that the law *wants* us to remove all the beer from Fred's house. If you let Fred keep the 400 (or was it 800) gallons of beer then it seems that Fred is violating the law and used his friends as a cover. If the friends remove the beer to their own houses then ... well, it's just four guys making beer.
Of course, "personal consumption" is weird. I don't have to drink the 100 gallons all by myself. I can give them to friends. I can give them to Fred. I can give them *all* to Fred. ****ing Fred! What'd he do to deserve all my beer?!? He better pay taxes on them. They're my ****ing beer!