Whos about to go illegal? (2008 Update)

[user 574]

Nice work out there. I'm at 50g at mid-year. Be careful out there, the ATF is watching .

Doesn't one member of the cloth bust this 100g thing with 4 batches? A congregation is like a big family though.

 

[BierMuncher]

Yeah...the pastor is being conspicuously quite.

 

[Sea]

Impressive Bier!

Some laws were just meant to be broken,.... Repeatedly.

Seriously though, a simple rule for abiding the law:

1. Evaluate logic of the law.
2. Consider The consequenses of breaking it.
3. Make your own damn decision!

 

[mrk305]

I have only been brewing since April. Just looked at the calender, and 19 weeks = 95 gallons! If I was single I would be cut off next week!

Edit*.............. ( i am married and I still might be cut off next week)

 

[Beerrific]

Well I guess I am about to reach my legal limit...I am at 45 gallons (50 is limit here).
Good thing SWMBO hasn't even started to brew her beer yet this year.

 

[homebrewer_99]

7001 - Serrano Chile Ale
7002 - Czech Budvar
7003 - Hefe Weizen
7004 - Lemon Ginger Mead
7005 - Hefe Weizen
7006 - Steamed Brew
7007 - Irish Red Ale
7008-1 - American Cascade Pale Ale
7008-2 - Cincinatti Light Pale Ale
7009 - Oktoberfest Amber
7010 - Hefe Weizen
7011 - American Ale w/Czech Hops
7012 - Harp Irish Ale
7013 - Hefe Weizen
7014 - American Cascade Pale Ale II
7015 - Hefe Weizen
7016 - Hefe Weizen
7017 - My Bud Is Steamed @ Me
7018 - Gingered Ale
7019 - Hefe Weizen
7020 - Hefe Weizen
7021 - Edwort's Haus Pale Ale
7022 - Hefe Weizen
7023 - Harpy Ale
7024 - Mild Basstard
7025 - Barkshack Ginger Mead
7026 - Czech Budvar
7027 - Hefe Weizen
7028 - Prickly Pear Mead
7029 - Hefe Weizen
7030 - Hefe Weizen
7031 - American Pale Ale

I'm at 160 gals...60 of them Hefe Weizens...

 

[Onescalerguy]

Just checked the brew log and WOW!!,SWMBO and I are closing in on our 1 yr brewing anniversary,Aug. 25,2006.We've brewed 44 batches of beer and 5 batches of Ed's Apfelwein and hard lemonade.The first 10 were extract and all the rest(and future) were AG.Currently sitting on roughly 500 bottles full,5 cornys full,and 2 batches in secondary coming due to bottle/keg.......tomorrow actually.It's been a blast doing this over the last year.Although we share alot of our beer we also drink a way lot of it.So i hoist a homebrew to us and to you fellow HBTers.It's been a great ride with all you folks and we look forward to many more brewing anniversaries:rockin: .
Cheers

 

[BierMuncher]

Just checked the brew log and WOW!!,SWMBO and I are closing in on our 1 yr brewing anniversary,Aug. 25,2006.We've brewed 44 batches of beer and 5 batches of Ed's Apfelwein and hard lemonade.The first 10 were extract and all the rest(and future) were AG.Currently sitting on roughly 500 bottles full,5 cornys full,and 2 batches in secondary coming due to bottle/keg.......tomorrow actually.It's been a blast doing this over the last year.Although we share alot of our beer we also drink a way lot of it.So i hoist a homebrew to us and to you fellow HBTers.It's been a great ride with all you folks and we look forward to many more brewing anniversaries:rockin: .
Cheers

Nice.

I'll bet your wort chiller works great in Alaska.

 

[Kevin Dean]

If Maryland's laws state nothing about quantity, does that mean I'm free to brew as much as I want?

Yes, the State of Maryland does not have gallonage restrictions. However, the US Government does require anything over 200 gallons (if there are two adults in the house) to be TAXED.

I read that there are still 3 or 4 states that its illegal to brew in, Iowa has laws for making wine, but fail to include brewing beer.

In Kentucky, it's still illegal to SELL beer (or BMC beer-like beverages) in certain counties. According to that site, it is not only illegal to brew in Kentucky, it is illegal to possess brewing EQUIPMENT.

I still remember crossing county lines to get alcohol... And to think, 20 miles down... Bardstown, the bourbon capital of the world.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I'm at 110 gallons so far this year, so I'm guessing that I'll wind up brewing *exactly* 200 gallons of beer.

 

[EdWort]

Not to worry BrewMuncher my friend. It's like daily fishing limits in Missouri. As long as the ATF folks don't find more than 40 filled corny kegs at your house, you are golden.

I intended never to own more than 39 myself.

 

[olllllo]

Another example of my shoddy book keeping working in my favor.

 

[RichBrewer]

Well if I brew this week (which as of this moment is still in doubt, I will have made 10 gallons this year.
I'm thinking I might fall under the legal limit by a gallon or two.
Damn I hate this. SWMBO has been getting pissed every time i brew. (or go to the home brew conference, or say I want to go to the GABF)

EDIT: rant. Sorry about that.

 

[the_bird]

Well if I brew this week (which as of this moment is still in doubt, I will have made 10 gallons this year.
I'm thinking I might fall under the legal limit by a gallon or two.
Damn I hate this. SWMBO has been getting pissed every time i brew. (or go to the home brew conference, or say I want to go to the GABF)

EDIT: rant. Sorry about that.

Just tell her about your friend (me) who's planning on taking his wife on a vaction to the AHA Conference for their fifth wedding anniversary You'll seem like a saint!

On the other hand, maybe I can get BrewPastor to renew our vows for us...

 

[EdWort]

Hey perhaps we could take a page out of AlGore's playbook for folks like Biermuncher. I'm not going to hit 200 gallons this year probably, so maybe we can start a company to consolidate and sell Homebrew Offsets for those busy beavers who go beyond their limit.

 

[the_bird]

I think the only way that'll work logistically is for BierMuncher to pack up all his excess and get it to his subsidiaries, namely, my basement. Yeah, that's the ticket!

 

[BierMuncher]

I think the only way that'll work logistically is for BierMuncher to pack up all his excess and get it to his subsidiaries, namely, my basement. Yeah, that's the ticket!

I think you have it backwards. We need to get the under-utilized equipment dispursed to locations that can keep the rust off until the rightful owners can get back up to par.

...Well if I brew this week (which as of this moment is still in doubt, I will have made 10 gallons this year.
I'm thinking I might fall under the legal limit by a gallon or two.
...

Oh and Rich, we'll need you to turn in your HBT bumper sticker too.

 

[EdWort]

Well if I brew this week (which as of this moment is still in doubt, I will have made 10 gallons this year.

Uhhh, Rich, in order to be a Home Brew Forum Moderator, ya gotta brew some beer dude!

Just tell SWMBO how it's gotta go. Your reputation depends on it. :rockin:

 

[c.n.budz]

I've decided to just stop counting and plead ignorance if I get caught...

 

[jezter6]

This weekend I brewed batch #20. Now 2 batches were 3.5 gallons, so as I see it, I'm at 97 gallons since October last year.

Does the 5 gal of Apfelwien I made sunday afternoon count? If so, 'we' are 102. I like having a roommate so that it's not illegal.

 

[EdWort]

Does the 5 gal of Apfelwien I made Sunday afternoon count?

Nope, that would count against your 200 gallons of wine you are allowed to make annually. Yeah Baby! :rockin:

 

[Rudeboy]

Really? Wow.

American and Canadians are so similar, yet different in some peculiar ways.

For example, you all seem to like your guns and vigorously protect your right to bear arms. Up here, we have silly, silly firearms laws that do nothing, but Canadians are OK with that.

But down there, you have limits on your homebrew. Up here, we like our beer and vigorously protect the right to defend our beer! (To the best of my knowledge, we have no such law in Canada.)

Sorry to say but Sec 86 of the GLA here in Alberta sez 460 Litre limit per adult brewed on their premises. (Came up recently when the Minister shot down a BOP proposal).

Of course I've never heard of the RC's breaking down someone's door once they tick over 461 Litres.

Rudeboy

 

[EdWort]

Sorry to say but Sec 86 of the GLA here in Alberta sez 460 Litre limit per adult brewed on their premises. (Came up recently when the Minister shot down a BOP proposal).

That's better than down here. That would be 243 gallons for a married couple or two folks shacked up. Hmmm, if there were 4 adults, then that would be almost 500 gallons.... Just some 18-20 year olds going to a local college....Hmm.

Or, if you had 3 wives.....Yep, you would need 500 gallons then.

 

[DeathBrewer]

meh...who needs 3 wives

 

[zweasel]

and that's why you can't brew in Utah, having all those sister wives. Some families would be able to brew more that the major brewery's.

 

[BierMuncher]

It's about that time again when we start tallying up our damage for the year.

I ran in to “my friend” again and he told me he’s at about 350 OUNCES for the year. Just slightly under the limit. Of course…he’s been know to tell some tall tales and with no physical evidence of such, anyone would be hard pressed to make a “federal” case.

Here’s “his” list of supposed brews this year.

So how about you? With a little more than 2 months to go…who else is in danger of going over…or very close to the limit?

 

[EdWort]

Uh, the real question is how much of that is left?

I think the law is kinda like fishing limit laws. It's what you have in possession (ie, proof) at the time of inspection.

So, as long as your "Friend" has 40 or less corny kegs, he's good to go for any inspection.

 

[BigKahuna]

I know a guy that's going to go over this year...if AHS gets his next few grains delivered, and the recipies go well....There will be a surge in late October early November that could...potentially shove him over the limit...if that includes wine. He "Claims" to have another 25 or 30 gallons of Mead and Wine in the works before the end of the year....but I'll not believe it till I see it.

 

[Fingers]

I'm at 160 gallons right now so it's hit or miss whether I'll go over. I don't know if we have the same 200 gallon limit that you do so just to be safe I've been disposing of the evidence as much as possible.

 

[McKBrew]

Your "friend" is pretty damn cool, I'd like to meet him. I don't have any friends so here is what I brewed this year.

8-8-8 RIS 5G
Dude's LWPA 5G
Edwort's Kolsch 5G
Lumberjack's Breakfast Stout 5G (Dumped half)
Rye Pale Ale 5G
Wheat 5G
Chainsaw IPA 5G
Oud Bruin for barrel 5G

So a grand total of 45 Gallons for me which is more than I thought and means I've drank quite a few gallons of beer this year.

 

[olllllo]

Wow. Does that guy ever brew his own recipies?

 

[flyangler18]

Some quick mental gymnastics and computations puts me at 125 gallons YTD.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Your "Friend" is now officially my friend too. You know what friends do? They send their new friends all their beer to an address that can be obtained by a simple PM.

 

[Saccharomyces]

I started this obsession in March and since then I have brewed up 83 gallons. Holy cow, hard to believe it considering I don't get much help drinking it.

ps your "friend" is officially my role model.

 

[Yooper]

It's about that time again when we start tallying up our damage for the year.

I ran in to “my friend” again and he told me he’s at about 350 OUNCES for the year. Just slightly under the limit. Of course…he’s been know to tell some tall tales and with no physical evidence of such, anyone would be hard pressed to make a “federal” case.
So how about you? With a little more than 2 months to go…who else is in danger of going over…or very close to the limit?

You know what? I have a friend who has no idea how much she's brewed this year. None at all. She has vague recollections of some well loved beers, and some wonderful wines, but right now in the carboys there are only about 30 gallons of wine in various stages, and only 4 full kegs. She really doesn't write down how many batches, etc, but supposes she could figure it all out if and when the feds knock on the door. My friend admires your friend's thoroughness and good records. (We should maybe introduce our friends- I bet they'd get along famously! )

 

[wildwest450]

I'm at 132 gallons right now. Not bad for someone who didn't even know homebrew existed before this year.

 

[Saccharomyces]

I think the law is kinda like fishing limit laws. It's what you have in possession (ie, proof) at the time of inspection.

So, as long as your "Friend" has 40 or less corny kegs, he's good to go for any inspection.

If anybody asks, #40 and #41 are mine.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

In 2 weeks it'll be one year since I brewed my first beer. So far I've racked up 95 gallons; all 5 gallon batches.

 

[Revvy]

Another example of my shoddy book keeping working in my favor.

I was gonna say the same thing...I haven't the foggiest idea.

And if I did, I still wouldn't post it for the rev'nuers to see...

(you don't think batf isn't lurking AND could find our IP addy's if they cared...and in this political climate...they just might decide to care.)

The revenuers of Logan County,

 

[Malticulous]

I'm over the limit and I'm in possession of the evidence.