Brewing legal limit

[ron1guz]

I heard that the legal limit for brewing is 200 gallons per year. Even though only my wife and I are over the legal age, I think I will pass the 400 gallon household level this year. Already at 130 gallons!!! Too bad some of that is long term aging...

 

[Neal Boortz]

I heard that the legal limit for brewing is 200 gallons per year. Even though only my wife and I are over the legal age, I think I will pass the 400 gallon household level this year. Already at 130 gallons!!! Too bad some of that is long term aging...

What's your address? The TABC would like to know.

 

[Tankard]

I think it's 100 gallons a year in California...

I don't think it matters though. I mean, how would they know how much beer I am brewing?

I probably only do about 20-30 gallons or so a year anyway.

 

[Arneba28]

The limit is 200gal/year for 2 or more adults in the house.
I am at about 50 gallons now so I will be ok for the most part.

 

[Funkenjaeger]

IIRC, it's 100 gallons per person, capped at 200 per household. If you're worried about crossing the 400 mark, you're going to be WAY over the actual 200 gallon limit. Might not want to attract too much attention from the authorities this year

One advantage though is that as long as you actually drink your beer at a reasonable rate and don't go stockpiling hundreds of gallons of it, I don't think there's much to raise suspicion, or much proof in the event suspicion was raised.

I'm no lawyer, but I got the impression that the law is in place to prevent people from starting microbreweries without getting licensed and paying the fees and all that. Provided you are drinking your beer and not selling it, I don't think you've got too much to worry about.

 

[EdWort]

It's a 100 gallons per year, 200 per household if you are married. BierMuncher brews that much in a quarter, but he never has more than 200 gallons on site at a time.

 

[blacklab]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=63738

This guy went over the limit in one weekend!

 

[tuckferrorists]

I mean, how would they know how much beer I am brewing?

I probably only do about 20-30 gallons or so a year anyway.

simple....you tell "them" in the next line

 

[Tankard]

simple....you tell "them" in the next line

ZOMG ZING!!

 

[bethlehembrewer]

I think it's 100 gallons a year in California...

I don't think it matters though. I mean, how would they know how much beer I am brewing?

I probably only do about 20-30 gallons or so a year anyway.

They might find out through something called posting/blogging on the internet, Ha just kidding.

Way to go, keep on brewing, and rules were made to be broken:rockin:

 

[zoebisch01]

It's just so if you do something stupid like sell it or commit other crimes, and then they can really run up your criminal tab.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I heard that the legal limit for brewing is 200 gallons per year. Even though only my wife and I are over the legal age, I think I will pass the 400 gallon household level this year. Already at 130 gallons!!! Too bad some of that is long term aging...

Depends where you live actually. If you are in Oklahoma, Utah, or Alabama the leagal limit is "None" cause legally, you can't homebrew there.

As for me, I use a lot of malt syrup for cooking, drink lots of homemade Malta, and dispense soda on my homemade soda fountain.

 

[mot]

i dont think you have to worry about the feds knocking at your door for something like this

 

[zoebisch01]

Well if you go over the limit (which is kind of lame because most home brewers share) you'd be well advised to not speak of it, and be a good neighbor. So many nosy neighbors are the cause of trouble.

 

[olllllo]

Fed guy:

I do not brew.

I am only here for the incisive religious/political discussion.

That is all.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Fed guy:

But if I don't homebrew, how will I attract more prostitutes to my pimp ring?

 

[TexLaw]

Hey, I don't make beer. There does seem to be some sort of fungus around my house that does some wonderful things to this barley tea I make from time to time, though. Hell if I know what's really going on, though. It seems divine, though


TL

 

[olllllo]

I suggest we form a religion to celebrate this new-found discovery.

 

[TexLaw]

I think these guys beat us to it. Rats!


TL

 

[Beerrific]

In Georgia the limit is 50 gallons/person or 100 gallons per household. I am probably on course to hit that exactly.

 

[eschatz]

100 Gal! i better be careful. I've been brewing up a storm!

 

[EvilTOJ]

I don't brew beer either (it's against my religion), I make batches of malt for baking. However, I think the containers I use are bad because they keep getting this foam on top and it burps out this gas. I think it keeps getting infected. I even boil hops into the malt because of it's anti bacterial properties, but it never seems to work.


















Countdown to a "Is my malt infected?" thread in 5...4...3...

 

[the_bird]

I suggest we form a religion to celebrate this new-found discovery.

We could recycle the cult that my buddy and I formed in high school. We used to worship "Boozearski."

 

[autoferret]

Depends where you live actually. If you are in Oklahoma, Utah, or Alabama the leagal limit is "None" cause legally, you can't homebrew there.

I thought that beering beer and making wine were granted to us by the constitution.

thats like making a law saying smoking is illegal in ohio.

 

[wihophead]

I thought that beering beer and making wine were granted to us by the constitution.

Unfortunately, brewing beer is not a constitutional right...

thats like making a law saying smoking is illegal in ohio.

This is already happening....in public buildings at least.

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

I don't brew beer either (it's against my religion), I make batches of malt for baking. However, I think the containers I use are bad because they keep getting this foam on top and it burps out this gas. I think it keeps getting infected. I even boil hops into the malt because of it's anti bacterial properties, but it never seems to work.


Countdown to a "Is my malt infected?" thread in 5...4...3...

Jolly good that amused me.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Fed guy:

But if I don't homebrew, how will I attract more prostitutes to my pimp ring?

BWWAAAHHAHHHAAHHA!!!!



Fed guy:

But I only brew to keep the bouncers for my crackhouse in beer!!!

 

[olllllo]

There are currently 5 (edit 6) states where homebrewing is illegal or where it is not specified by statute as legal.

UT
KY
MS
OK
WV
Edit: AL

UT came close to passsing a bill this spring, the house passed it, but it died in senate committee and it did not get the opportunity for it to be voted on. In other words, whomever is on the UT State Senate committee killed the bill despite popular support.

EDIT: as Beerific points out below AL.

 

[Glibbidy]

I usually get stuck at about the 199 gallon mark by the time October and November roll around.

 

[Beerrific]

There are currently 5 states where homebrewing is illegal or where it is not specified by statute as legal.

UT
KY
MS
OK
WV

UT came close to passsing a bill this spring, the house passed it, but it died in senate committee and it did not get the opportunity for it to be voted on. In other words, whomever is on the UT State Senate committee killed the bill despite popular support.

Is Alabama not on that list?
http://beertown.org/statutes/alabama.htm