if i lived alone, i'd have to stop brewing now legally!

[ghpeel]

Holy crap I'm at almost 70 gal myself. Didn't realize how fast it adds up.

 

[cklages]

For those of you who would dare homebrew past the government imposed limit, I have some advice.

On second thought I think its sage advice for everyone...

 

[coypoo]

Anyways.....is 100 gallons the federal limit? I am just curious because I don't believe that my state has a volume limit, just an alcohol percentage limit.

I am probably going to be moving to NC in the next 2 years and am curious as to what you mean by the alcohol percentaget limit??

 

[sportscrazed2]

wow is there even a limit?

 

[conpewter]

It's not about how much is brewed any given year. It's a bout how much final product you have on hand at any given time.

If the ATF raided your home and found 250 gallons of beer then they would have legal recourse but, chances are, they aren't there cause someone said you had more than 200 gallons of beer on premise.

You could brew 1000 gallons of beer in a year. Just so long as you don't have more than 100 per person or 200 in a two person household packaged and stored. at least that is how it was explained to me by the regulators in Oklahoma.

No matter if you brewed that beer that year or not they'd still stick it to you and say you brewed all of it in that one year and are breaking the law. Federal agencies don't really care too much about the truth in my experience.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

No matter if you brewed that beer that year or not they'd still stick it to you and say you brewed all of it in that one year and are breaking the law. Federal agencies don't really care too much about the truth in my experience.

Yes but, unless you keep a log book, they have no proof as to what was brewed and when. This is why I say it is based on what volume is on hand at any given time.

 

[DirtyPolock]

I am probably going to be moving to NC in the next 2 years and am curious as to what you mean by the alcohol percentaget limit??

From how I understand the state law a "malt beverage" a.k.a. beer is between 0.5% and 15% alcohol by volume (abv). Anything over a 15% abv likely falls into a different category and will be illegal to make on your own in North Carolina.

 

[conpewter]

Yes but, unless you keep a log book, they have no proof as to what was brewed and when. This is why I say it is based on what volume is on hand at any given time.

I meant to add that in the comment, yes they'll see what is on hand and nail you on that, I agree. On the other hand... if you don't advertise it all over the place, you shouldn't worry.

 

[erockomania]

No one should concern themselves with these "laws". Seriously... unless you are selling.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

No one should concern themselves with these "laws". Seriously... unless you are selling.

Trouble is, those who should be least concerned regarding these "laws" don't know the difference between brewing or distilling. and when the complaint goes out that there is a still, people check.

 

[rico567]

I don't worry about going over the legal limit myself, but I'm doing 5-8 gallon batches only, and started back in July. Just hit 85 gallons....

I wouldn't post about it online even if I did go over the legal limit, I have seen way too many things wind up on the internet that came back to haunt somebody.

I couldn't agree more. There are several good reasons not to run around bragging about breaking the law, whatever you think of the law itself or its likelihood of being enforced. I brewed an amount this year that was sufficient to my needs.

In fact, as I write this (from Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan, ready to repack and hop the big bird for Chicago) my shelves back home are pretty much full, and will take me most of the winter to empty enough bottles to start brewing again.

 

[erockomania]

and find that you've been brewing. and then leave the premises. :cross:

Trouble is, those who should be least concerned regarding these "laws" don't know the difference between brewing or distilling. and when the complaint goes out that there is a still, people check.

 

[dfc]

With the pictures of beer guts I feel like I need to add this, it is not quite a beer gut, but a gastrointestinal beer related issue:

Image taken from the New England Journal of Medicine

Anyways.....is 100 gallons the federal limit? I am just curious because I don't believe that my state has a volume limit, just an alcohol percentage limit.

Someone REALLY likes Negra Modelo.

 

[Brewdouche-RuBrew]

Brew what you need. "Respect" the law, and use common sense.

Wash rinse repeat

 

[petey_c]

Brewdouche is correct. Don't tempt fate by flaunting what you "might" be doing outside the law. All you need is the wrong person or persons with a bad hair up their crack and you're stuck trying to prove your innocence.
Rico567 are you at the navy base at Sasebo? Was there in '99 or so (1999 not 1899).