has anyone exceeded the 200 gallon limit

[Drunkensatyr]

I HAVE NOT NOR EVER WILL EXCEED THE 200 GALLON MARK. That being said I have made a LOT of beer this year. I would have to say it was 199.9 gallons.

 

[BierMuncher]

...Any confessions ?

Who wants to know...???


I managed to sqeeze in two more brews after this cutoff:

 

[flowerysong]

I don't brew 200 gallons a year... of course not! I brew 150 gallons and my wife brews 190! Just kidding, but if push came to shove could this argument be used?

No, the limit is per household, not per person.

Household with a single adult: <100 gallons.
Household with two or more adults: <200 gallons.

So people saying things like "I wish I had more roommates": more roommates just means more competition for those 200 gallons. It doesn't raise the limit.

 

[krispy d]

no, but I'll keep trying!

 

[TexLaw]

No, the limit is per household, not per person.

Household with a single adult: <100 gallons.
Household with two or more adults: <200 gallons.

So people saying things like "I wish I had more roommates": more roommates just means more competition for those 200 gallons. It doesn't raise the limit.

You know, I agree with that on a per brewer basis. However, when I read the statute and reg, it seems to beg the question as to whether the household is limited or just the individual brewer. If you have two brewers in the household, are they limited to 200 gallons, total, or do they each get their own 200 gallons? I haven't done the first bit of research to run that down, but the plain language seems to indicate the latter.


TL

 

[PeteOz77]

Considering that I have already brewed 40 gallons, and it's barely 2 weeks into the year, I am thinking I will break the 200 mark by mid year. However, I don't know what the limit is here in AUS, or if there even IS a limit. I suppose I had better check

Brewing another 10 gallons tomorrow...

 

[flowerysong]

You know, I agree with that on a per brewer basis. However, when I read the statute and reg, it seems to beg the question as to whether the household is limited or just the individual brewer. If you have two brewers in the household, are they limited to 200 gallons, total, or do they each get their own 200 gallons? I haven't done the first bit of research to run that down, but the plain language seems to indicate the latter.

No.

(e) Beer for personal or family use.--Subject to regulation prescribed by the Secretary, any adult may, without payment of tax, produce beer for personal or family use and not for sale. The aggregate amount of beer exempt from tax under this subsection with respect to any household shall not exceed--

(1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in such household, or

(2) 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only 1 adult in such household.

Emphasis added.

 

[TexLaw]

Well, there you go. I don't know what I was looking at before that gave me the idea I had (or what I was drinking at that time), but that's pretty clear. Thanks.


TL

 

[Bearcat Brewmeister]

if it's not carbonated and without hops then it's not considered beer right? :rockin:

The rough idea in this post is the key right here to legally produce more if you can get some cooperation. The law is 200 gallons of BEER per year per 2-adult household - you can produce as much WORT as you want as long as more than 200 gallons doesn't ferment into beer on your property. If you are a stickler for following this law that most likely rarely gets enforced, let your beer ferment at someone else's household - neighbor, friend, relative, etc. Heck, teach them how to brew too and spread the hobby.

 

[Finn]

nah, it's per-household. If ya live solo, 100 gallons; more than one adult in household gets it up to the max of 200. Not sure whether your 21-year-old nephew staying in the fifth-wheel out back constitutes a separate household, though.