It's a class 3 felony to homebrew in the town I live in...

[thaworm69]

That would just inspire me to make a damn good beer worth going to prison for....I bet you make good beer...can I have one?!

 

[d2xx]

saw stuff about this on Alaska state troopers on NGC. a local store turned in a guy that bought some welches grape juice, 5 lbs of sugar and some bread yeast. they went to his house and busted him for making "homebrew". they talk a lot about the locals having a major alcohol problem.

 

[Loftearmen]

I imagine there are slim pickins in the Alaskan bush...

If you don't like slim pickins move to Mississippi. Every girl you meet is a total ****, some of them are pretty hot too.... until you get hitched and then they turn into giant balls of lard. There are a bunch of dry/moist counties just like in Alaska though... Now that I think about it, maybe you shouldn't go to Mississippi

 

[neo71665]

I think that's the first time I've ever heard somebody suggest going to Mississippi for anything but to see how dirty the gulf can be or how bad a road can get.

 

[MikeP710]

Can you post the law. It would be an interesting read.

 

[rico567]

If you don't like slim pickins move to Mississippi. Every girl you meet is a total ****, some of them are pretty hot too.... until you get hitched and then they turn into giant balls of lard. There are a bunch of dry/moist counties just like in Alaska though... Now that I think about it, maybe you shouldn't go to Mississippi

I love generalizations. We are Yankees, as opposed to Damn Yankees*, and have been travelling to Mississippi since the 1970s at intervals to visit relatives. Our Mississippi must be in an alternate universe, because I have noted none of the things you mention. But if you're really interested in stereotyping, get me started on Texas.

*A Yankee is a northerner who comes to visit, a Damn Yankee comes to stay and live there.

 

[Melana]

Hey I thought Yankees were from the North East.

 

[Jayhem]

Hey I thought Yankees were from the North East.

I'm a southerner born and raised in Louisiana and never lived North of Virginia.

To us, a Yankee is anyone who lives North of the Mason Dixon line and talks funny. A Damn Yankee is anyone from NY, NJ or New England.

 

[lucasxp]

In my opinion it's crazy that the US still have places where the sale or consume of alcohol is prohibted. I was just reading about the homebrewing laws in the South East; i didn't even know there were laws for that kind of stuff.

 

[processhead]

Honestly, I'd befriend the police in town, find out if they drink, and if they do, I'd butter them up with some homebrewed beers every once in a while. The authorities there are obviously corrupt based on what you said. So, if there's something in it for them then I'm sure they wouldn't have a problem turning the other way.

Not the advice I would recommend.

Authorities that can be "persuaded" to look the other way to your activities would also have no reason not to throw you under the buss if the the circumstances made it to their advantage to do so.

If you choose to, do it, brew it, and be discrete about it.

 

[roastquake]

I'm a southerner born and raised in Louisiana and never lived North of Virginia.

To us, a Yankee is anyone who lives North of the Mason Dixon line and talks funny. A Damn Yankee is anyone from NY, NJ or New England.

I'm from SC, to us, Yankeedom starts at the NC line

 

[m3n00b]

Class 3? I wouldn't brew....I'd move.

 

[jcoxen]

Sarcasm on or off?

Ya know, I had to think about that. I didn't mean it as sarcastic but I was thinking about TN when I lived there as a boy. Nowadays...and considering some of the quotes I've seen from various elected officials...I'd have to say, "Sarcasm on".

 

[trogdor447]

Yikes... I can understand their dislike with alcohol and all that jazz. I cant imagine a small 1 gallon batch of brew raising any eyebrows etc etc. Especially if you just do it yourself, dont store a lot of it etc. I think their problems lie more in the hard liquor importing from what i seen on tv.

 

[Clef051]

I'm a southerner born and raised in Louisiana and never lived North of Virginia.

To us, a Yankee is anyone who lives North of the Mason Dixon line and talks funny. A Damn Yankee is anyone from NY, NJ or New England.

Northerners talk funny.... hmmm I always thought it was the other way around

 

[roastquake]

Northerners talk funny.... hmmm I always thought it was the other way around

I think we can all agree that Californians talk funny

 

[cpesko]

bet you can grow mmj.

 

[Clef051]

I think we can all agree that Californians talk funny

Of course.... everyone knows that.

 

[unionrdr]

The Cali folks that sound like Spicoli are from the bay area. SoCal folks sound more normal. A lot of them are from this part of the country nowadays. I found a whole string of shops near where our daughter lived in SoPas that are all from Northern Ohio. Talk about dejavue...

 

[roastquake]

...take the 101 to Tarzana, get off on the 405....

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-californians/n13474/

 

[unionrdr]

The girls voices remind me of that valley girl thing white chicks did out there. The mexican chicitas tryin to be white & mexican at the same time. Really cute. Looked down on me back then like I was an interloper or somethin. Interesting that we happen to dress like the studio people did to go incognito back then. Got treated really good at the shops with both of us caryin some 2,500 each. Def a cultural adventure...

 

[stonecutter2]

Interesting viewpoints in this thread.

I would have to agree with those who said to take the addiction problem seriously, and follow the law. I think it's wise of you to hold off on brewing up there. You don't want a felony on your record.

Alcohol can really mess up lives. The laws may not be "the" answer, but they're an attempt to keep things under control, or punish those who are out of control. One can take the stance of it being a "nanny state" and telling people how to live their lives, but an addict does not have control over their own lives anymore, and they're a massive problem for a community in many ways - theft, destruction of property, health costs, etc.

I hope you can see past this issue with living where you do, and instead focus on the positives of why you're there. Alcohol isn't that important in life, all things considered, is it? Perhaps it's time to make sure you put things into perspective yourself a little? I say that with honest sincerity.

Take care up there.

 

[smileyak87]

R&r goes for 300 a bottle in some towns up here. Boxed wine is 150 a box. I say start a smuggling vusiness and get rich lol

Just kidding.

 

[Loftearmen]

I love generalizations. We are Yankees, as opposed to Damn Yankees*, and have been travelling to Mississippi since the 1970s at intervals to visit relatives. Our Mississippi must be in an alternate universe, because I have noted none of the things you mention. But if you're really interested in stereotyping, get me started on Texas.

*A Yankee is a northerner who comes to visit, a Damn Yankee comes to stay and live there.

I find your comment humorously uninformed, my friend. When you come to visit, you must be in a bit of a bubble. The things that I stated aren't stereotypes, they're just observations that I've gathered seeing as I'm originally from Mississippi (Clinton, a small town 30 minutes from Jackson and I went to college in Hattiesburg). What else I found amusing was that you hinted that you thought Texas was worse. I now live in Texas and it is 10x more refined than Mississippi.

 

[roastquake]

If you don't like slim pickins move to Mississippi. Every girl you meet is a total ****, some of them are pretty hot too.... until you get hitched and then they turn into giant balls of lard. There are a bunch of dry/moist counties just like in Alaska though... Now that I think about it, maybe you shouldn't go to Mississippi

You should see the sluts in Georgia...

 

[Loftearmen]

You should see the sluts in Georgia...

I would imagine it's about the same

 

[fuelish]

I think that's the first time I've ever heard somebody suggest going to Mississippi for anything but to see how dirty the gulf can be or how bad a road can get.

Bad roads??? Hah.....take a cruise through the Detroit area I got outa there while the gettin' was good....and yeah, now I'm a damn Yankee, living a lil south of Knoxville TN

 

[jmcquesten]

Interesting viewpoints in this thread.

I would have to agree with those who said to take the addiction problem seriously, and follow the law. I think it's wise of you to hold off on brewing up there. You don't want a felony on your record.

Alcohol can really mess up lives. The laws may not be "the" answer, but they're an attempt to keep things under control, or punish those who are out of control. One can take the stance of it being a "nanny state" and telling people how to live their lives, but an addict does not have control over their own lives anymore, and they're a massive problem for a community in many ways - theft, destruction of property, health costs, etc.

I hope you can see past this issue with living where you do, and instead focus on the positives of why you're there. Alcohol isn't that important in life, all things considered, is it? Perhaps it's time to make sure you put things into perspective yourself a little? I say that with honest sincerity.

Take care up there.

I agree that alcohol can really mess up lives, I've already seen the affects of it on many of the people up here in the short time I've been here. I don't necessarily agree with how they are trying to deal with the problem, but my opinion doesn't really matter. They know it's a huge issue, but yet they are choosing to profit off of it, really profit. My purpose for the original post was really just to explain the situation and maybe to vent a little. I wasn't trying to give the impression that alcohol is the only thing I care about, it's not. I really just wanted to discuss it with other people I knew would understand. I'm relatively new to the hobby (about a year and a half of brewing), and in that time I grew to love it and got very carried away with it like most people do. Now that I'm in a position of not being able to do it, I realize how much I enjoyed it. I still have all of my equipment back home, and even some beer aging while I'm gone, so I am no way done homebrewing.

You're definitely right about the perspective thing. I certainly have a new appreciation for a lot of things that I took for granted back home. For example, I don't have a vehicle up here so I walk to work every day. It doesn't seem like a big deal until you realize that it will be -20° or colder for the next 5 months. A mile in those temperatures seems very far, especially when it's dark. It would have cost $4500 to have my truck shipped here so that wasn't an option. Not to mention gas is $7.99 a gallon, which is cheaper than a $10 gallon of milk. There's really only one small grocery store in town so they can charge whatever they want. The prices are what they are because everything has to be flown in. So I am definitely gaining a new perspective and appreciation for a lot.

Thank you for your response and your sincerity.

 

[jcoxen]

Bad roads??? Hah.....take a cruise through the Detroit area I got outa there while the gettin' was good....and yeah, now I'm a damn Yankee, living a lil south of Knoxville TN

If you don't mind my asking, where south of Knoxville? I've got family around Maryville so I'm kinda familiar with the area.

 

[Colorowdy]

Insert construction trash sentence here.
Also bummer dude.