foodplusbeer
Well-Known Member
Here's an odd legal scenario I've been pondering lately, wondering what your thoughts are...
From what I understand, wort is legally considered beer when the yeast is pitched. So let's say you contract with a brewery and purchase "beer" the moment the yeast is pitched. Could you finish fermenting the beer in your own facility? Then bottle and sell the product? Does this legally qualify you as a distributor, and not a manufacturer?
Alternatively, if you purchased fully fermented beer, could you barrel age it, and bottle it in your own facility? Again, what does that make you? I suppose you could even just purchase fresh barrels of beer, and just wait to package?
Here's a snippet I found in the Connecticut Liquor Control Act
From what I understand, wort is legally considered beer when the yeast is pitched. So let's say you contract with a brewery and purchase "beer" the moment the yeast is pitched. Could you finish fermenting the beer in your own facility? Then bottle and sell the product? Does this legally qualify you as a distributor, and not a manufacturer?
Alternatively, if you purchased fully fermented beer, could you barrel age it, and bottle it in your own facility? Again, what does that make you? I suppose you could even just purchase fresh barrels of beer, and just wait to package?
Here's a snippet I found in the Connecticut Liquor Control Act
A wholesaler permit shall allow the bottling of alcoholic liquor and the wholesale sale of alcoholic liquor