So just a question I have had recently. Curious what people's opinions are.
Obviously without a license, you can't sell your homebrew. And obviously you can give it away to family and friends. (Well in a few states you can't even brew beer legally.)
But I'm curious about giving it away in more public venues. Homebrew is given away to the general public all the time during beer tasting events.
But I'm curious about giving away beer as an incentive to purchase something else. Something say at a farmer's market, selling one product, but giving away free beer in addition to the purchase. Would that border on actually really selling the beer.
Maybe if you gave free homebrew to anyone, no matter if they purchase or not, that would be okay. Or maybe it is all legal.
Or having an event that you have to pay to get in, but then homebrew is free. (Or is this how some homebrew tasting things already work?)
Certainly things would changes state by state, but I haven't found any legislation that speaks to this aspect directly.
So just curious people's thoughts. (Don't flame me if the answer is blatantly obvious.)
Obviously without a license, you can't sell your homebrew. And obviously you can give it away to family and friends. (Well in a few states you can't even brew beer legally.)
But I'm curious about giving it away in more public venues. Homebrew is given away to the general public all the time during beer tasting events.
But I'm curious about giving away beer as an incentive to purchase something else. Something say at a farmer's market, selling one product, but giving away free beer in addition to the purchase. Would that border on actually really selling the beer.
Maybe if you gave free homebrew to anyone, no matter if they purchase or not, that would be okay. Or maybe it is all legal.
Or having an event that you have to pay to get in, but then homebrew is free. (Or is this how some homebrew tasting things already work?)
Certainly things would changes state by state, but I haven't found any legislation that speaks to this aspect directly.
So just curious people's thoughts. (Don't flame me if the answer is blatantly obvious.)