Has anyone EVER been able to get away with this kind of loophole? You're not going to win a war of semantics.
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Whenever a thread like this, or someone trying to make money off homebrew for whatever reason, charity or otherwise, all these "armchair lawyers," come up with all the ways they think could be "get arounds" the law. Sorry kids, you can hypothesize all you want, but do you notice ever any actually attorneys with knowledge of the law ever coming up with some of this stuff? No.
Whether we agree with the laws or not. You can't loophole your way through this. The laws are pretty specific in regards to homebrewing-
any medium of exchange, be it money or barter involving homebrew is illegal.
Remember homebrewing wasn't re-legalized after the Volstead act was repealed in 1933,
it wasn't legalized until 1978, and it took a lot of work in those 45 years to get it to happen....and despite it's federal legalization, it is STILL on a State by State basis.
Wasn't it legalized in Utah JUST this very year?
Do a little reading on the history of prohibition and the legalizing of homebrewing, and maybe you'll quit the idiotic hypothisizing about trying to get around the law, and realize what a fine razors edge this hobby sits on to many folks.
Some folks still think you can go blind drinking homebrew.
Other's can't distinguish what we're doing with making meth.
Hell even some cops look on what we're doing with suspicion.
Don't believe me? Check out this Cops episode if you haven't already....look at what "John Law" has to say about our little hobby. "The concotion he was making could be deadly..."
Hell, if MADD gets ever gets their way the oldschool version of prohibition may be like a picnic, compared to what it would be like in modern times. You think they'd let us make anything? (HomeWine making was sort of legal during prohibition as long as you didn't sell)
Look what may be happening in Canada;
DUI legislation may expand to allow random breathalyzer tests
No probable cause would be necessary to be forced to breath into a tube.
Quit thinking you can run around the law....if you really want to help, then try to change the laws....Write your congress people, better yet
become a congressperson. But quit thinking you can scheme your way through this.
That's what doesn't help give us a good name.