Legalities of bartering with home brew

[Dave Richkas]

Well, I hate to be a naysayer, but the IRS considers bartering to be a form of income: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc420.html

So, if you barter with homebrew and receive a service or goods with value, then you've sold homebrew.

Be careful, and be smart!

See the second sentence! If not part of a formal bartering organization you are fine it appears.