Limit of 200 gallons of home brew.....

Just happened to check the Florida statute on home brewing only to see a limit of 200 gallons per year for a household of 2 adults over 21 years of age. It's a good thing I only brew 2 gallons per week (104 per year). You guys can check your statutes here:

(click on box to search for your state)

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrewing-rights/statutes/Texas/

 

Unenforcable limit. They can only prove what is on hand.

 

True dat......but you might want to keep your "brew log book" in a good hiding spot. Not sure about guys that use phone apps

 

Or, just don't sell it and they'll not expend any resources on it.

 

Or move to Michigan. No Limit. Hell the only limit they set forth is you can only gift 20 Gallons a year.

 

SELL IT!!!! LOL! 2 gallons per week is barely enough for my consumption, let alone sell

 

I think I'd rather an audit.

 

Has anyone ever seen a news story where a homebrewer was busted for brewing too much beer in a year?

 

Pretty sure that is the Federal limit too, but who's going to bother to enforce it? As long as you're not selling it or tearing down your neighborhood with raging parties weekly, enforcement isn't going to happen.

 

I've seen 1 where a guy was busted for brewing in a state that had not legalized.

so, yes?

 

Does this terrible wording actually make all grain brewing or brewing stuff not in "kits" illegal in NC?!?!

 

Technically, yes.

 

It's 200 gallons/year in Wisconsin (100 if only a single adult is living at an address).

Oddly, it seems related to the address, not necessarily the brewer. So, if I take my stuff to a friend's house and brew it there and he keeps it....presumably it counts against his 100 gallons, not mine.

Either way, that would be 40 batches a year. I'm up to...maybe 14 or 15 so far this year, probably won't get much past 20, so I'm not worried about it.

 

15 gallons a quarter per adult in Alabama

 

Cool, now I'm an outlaw.

 

Who is going to check on it & how can they confirm what you've made & consumed?
I avg 6-18 gal per month.

 

For AL, it was just a arbitrary amount to get the bill passed. The beverage control board pretty much admitted they would never inspect, in their words " we have bigger fish to fry"

 

The NSA has records from all the brewing supply houses you frequent--all the CC data, the cash data--it's all there.

You're toast.

 

well, have them calculate in all the losses to deadspace, trub and everything else you can think of. Ruined batches, dead yeast. Keep two sets of books like truckers reportedly used to . Then ask how they managed to figure you brewed 200 gallons at all.

Enforcement would be tough even if they came after you.

 

Honestly this is one of those laws that is antiquated and serves no useful purpose. It goes back to the 70's when homebrewing was first "legalized". However I don't ever see it being changed. I don't think the AHA would be interested in trying to change it. Remember they are just a small part of the Brewers Assoc....the group that represents commercial craft breweries. They are NOT going to push for a law change that could, in theory, hurt their craft brewery members.

 

I just checked MN law... max batch size of 10 gallons? I know guys brewing 20+ gallon batches...

 

I'm wondering if the 'giftitng' part includes my neighbors puling on my taps all weekend long?!
If so I'm toast too!

 

THe police have much bigger fish to fry than the guy who made 500 gallons of homebrew that was consumed by the neighborhood and friends.

 

Yep!
Plus, I'm a huge supporter of the law enforcement agencies; if they show, the beer's on me!

 

On the plus side, you guys will be chief pruno brewers in the big house.

 

And Big Amos is our protector with his hand on our A__

 

This statute is a comprehensive provision enabling the production of beer without license or permit subject to amount and normal alcoholic fermentation. §1.04 defines “Beer” as a malt beverage containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and not more than four percent of alcohol by weight.

4% ABW is about 5% ABV. No IPAs fro you Texans.