This has been covered before but...NO! In fact it is close to impossible to prove in the first place. You would have to have over 200 gal. sitting in your house. Even then it would have to be proven that it was all made in a single calendar year and not in previous years. The 200 gallon limit was put into place because they have to put some kind of limit on it. In other words they just didn't want that you could make an unlimited amount of homebrew. I might have gone over the limit this year...not really sure and I don't keep records of these things.
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This has been covered before but...NO! In fact it is close to impossible to prove in the first place. You would have to have over 200 gal. sitting in your house. Even then it would have to be proven that it was all made in a single calendar year and not in previous years. The 200 gallon limit was put into place because they have to put some kind of limit on it. In other words they just didn't want that you could make an unlimited amount of homebrew. I might have gone over the limit this year...not really sure and I don't keep records of these things.
mikescooling
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I have stayed under the limits, but I think I broke some rules about transporting across state lines(I don't know)?. Anyone know if they have all the rules in one place?
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Golddiggie
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I am just that good.......
Pitching FTL??
Doesn't matter anyway. As long as you don't boast about brewing some obscene number of gallons in a year, all over the place, I don't think any harm will befall you. Of course, that still depends on the state you live in.
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Golddiggie said:Pitching FTL??
Doesn't matter anyway. As long as you don't boast about brewing some obscene number of gallons in a year, all over the place, I don't think any harm will befall you. Of course, that still depends on the state you live in.
I'm in MO, so we can brew up to the federal limit.
And of course I pitch that fast - gotta lessen the chance for infection
I only pitch half-fast
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Why such a concern? Brew beer and drink it. If you have not noticed, we are inching closer to the fiscal cliff. Lawlessness (SP?) and Chaos are sure to follow. WA and CO are lighting up as we speak. The only reason I would be concerned about brewing more than the volume(s) listed in this thread is if you are conducting illegal or criminal activities. No reason to give The Man a reason to rip your home apart looking for meth when the warrant was issued for brewing too much beer.
BTW--I rarely drive the speed limit, unless in a school zone.
BTW--I rarely drive the speed limit, unless in a school zone.
Easy fix... move to Canada... no homebrew limits But you'll pay double the taxes :S
Glad I saw this, meant to check on what it was where I am, and there's no limit, thank goodness, since I'm storing brews for friends, and I'll likely have 400+gal going through my basement, every year :S
But you'll pay double the taxes :SGlad I saw this, meant to check on what it was where I am, and there's no limit, thank goodness, since I'm storing brews for friends, and I'll likely have 400+gal going through my basement, every year :S
MotorcycleMatt
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Here in SC we arnt legally allowed to brew any beer over 5% alc by weight.
mammothkraken
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Well not as we speak...there's brewing to be done here in WA!
I think you've hit on something there has been talk about recently in the fact that with CO and WA legalizing marijuana there is likely to be an increase in experimentation of making homebrew that contains cannabis. Even within the states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana microbreweries cannot produce cannabis infused brew because microbreweries are regulated under federal alcohol production laws, homebrewers are governed under state laws...I can't find the news article I was just reading about this or I'd post a link.
Anyways it's probably good for another thread of it's own so I'll go ahead and give myself one of these...
and point out this is something that would probably bring the feds down on you quicker than producing more than 200 gallons of beer.That said...I've never produced more than the allotted amount in a year.
