Is there bars that serve homebrew?

bleme · Dec 1, 2013

My homebrew club serves at about 10 charity events a year. Many are for Lion's Club brewfests. A few benefit hospital related charities. The law that becomes effective the 1st allows the charity to pay the brewer $30 for his keg of beer so it isn't all out-of-pocket for us.

I'm not sure if it is completely legal, but my club has always asked for 2 tickets per keg at any event we supply.

mattd2 · Dec 1, 2013

From what I have read on the internet and on HBT my view is that only in the last few years has homebrewing gain enough popularity that it is also getting more public visibility. And this is causing some issues with what previously was either ignored by the local law enforcement of they were too unaware of the actual legality of the situation that HB events could take place and no one batted an eyelid (except breguyer it seems

), now with the greater public awareness things are being scrutinised more and more and the local establishmnet can not/will not just turn a blind eye to it.
Damn hipsters!

Yooper · Dec 1, 2013

Phunhog said:
I thought you said it was illegal per Michigan law to serve homebrew at events?
I would hate for the NHC/AHA to get in legal trouble. It seems pretty obvious that if someone wants to drink homebrew at the NHC they have to buy a ticket. You can say that the ticket is for seminars and the beer is free. But that's no different than anyone else holding a ticketed event and claiming the same thing.....the beer is "free" and your money goes to "pay the band".

Geez, that's not what I meant and that's obvious. You can pick on me for mispeaking by not clarifying it further, but I should think that the gist of it is pretty easy to understand.

"Events" like football games and public places that serve liquor as part of a liquor license would be an example. We have homebrew competitions all the time, and share homebrew at other times. Those are fine.

krackin · Dec 1, 2013

Just do a search for your own state's liquor laws. It really isn't all that difficult. Once you find them, read them. They tend to be quite clearly written so anyone except lawyers can understand them.

Phunhog · Dec 1, 2013

Yooper said:
Geez, that's not what I meant and that's obvious. You can pick on me for mispeaking by not clarifying it further, but I should think that the gist of it is pretty easy to understand.

"Events" like football games and public places that serve liquor as part of a liquor license would be an example. We have homebrew competitions all the time, and share homebrew at other times. Those are fine.

Sorry if you thought I was being rude...wasn't trying to. My point is that a ticketed event like the NHC is much, much more than some homebrewers sharing some beer. We have always heard/been told that homebrew and the exchange of money is a bad idea.