Hi everyone,
Is selling brewing beer kit is considered as selling alcohol in USA ?
I've heard of folks getting around it this way: at a renaissance fair these folks where selling "souvenir mugs"... filled with homemade mead
Could I open a store front selling prepared wort and packets of yeast near a large college campus?
Could I open a store front selling prepared wort and packets of yeast near a large college campus?
Could I open a store front selling prepared wort and packets of yeast near a large college campus?
I don't understand what the issue is here. Are we debating whether its illegal to sell homebrewing equipment? The answer is no.
I am. You guys are confusing the normal ingredients of beer, which are relatively ordinary food items (well maybe not hops) with alcohol. You can make hard cider out of a bottle of apple juice and a pack of raisins. You can buy a bag of sugar and some bread yeast and make booze. Nobody requires people to be of a legal age to sell these products, same reason why nobody cares how old you are when buying malted barley, hops, and yeast.
If OP sells his motorcycle to a 16 year old and the 16 yo wrecks it and dies, is OP liable? I'm no lawyer, but I'd say no.
If OP sells his blown motorcycle to a 16 year old for scrap and the 16 yo fixes it and then wrecks it and dies, is OP liable? I'm no lawyer, but I'd say no.
without a license, yes. i'm no lawyer, oh wait...no i'm not
How do they (the feds) know if there is yeast in it? I always thought that once the wort fermented to .5% APV or more, then it's beer.
Edit: from he TTB's Glossary
Thank you for taking the time to actually find the federal definition of beer. I hate it when people say that wort is instantly turned into beer as soon as the yeast hit it... come on we're not JesusTTB Glossary said:Beer
Beer, ale, porter, stout, and other similar fermented beverages (including saké and similar products) of any name or description containing one-half of one percent (0.5%) or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute for malt.
Or was the question really, "Do you have to be of legal age (drinking age in your state) to sell homebrewing kits?"
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Do you have to be of legal age to sell the components of beer? As earlier posts pointed out, I think not. Of course I am not a lawyer.
Thank you for taking the time to actually find the federal definition of beer. I hate it when people say that wort is instantly turned into beer as soon as the yeast hit it... come on we're not Jesus
But you could argue that at the time you were not in possession of beer and can't be charged for that unless they prove that when you were caught it was above 0.5% (inocent until proven guilty). But the cops would not be trying to charge you with that, they would be charging you with the illegal production of a fermented beverage which you would have no defence agaist as by the time it is tested it would be beer proving your were making beer.No, but who is going to continually monitor their inoculated wort to check for legality. By the time the wort is confiscated and analyzed by a licensed laboratory, the ABV will be into beer territory.
It's easier and still practical to consider anything inoculated with yeast as being a fermented beverage for the sake of the law.
And for the purpose of this discussion I doubt you could sell a pitched wort to a minor, or to someone who lives where alcohol is not permitted, and claim innocence.
That would depend on the strain of wild yeast. Either way, don't dump it. Let it ferment and see how it turns out. I might be good.
I don't think that's what he meant
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