Brewing Laws???

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jcerecke
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Brewing Laws???

Post by jcerecke »

Hi, I'm new to all this and was wondering if there are any interesting laws about brewing alchahol I should know about, espescially age restrictions. Thanks.
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In the U.S.

Post by fitz »

First of all, you need to be old enough to drink, or it would be illegal for you to own your fruits of your labor. There are specifics on the amount of beverages you can make per a year. A lot of factors go into this(number of people in your house of legal drinking age, etc.) Next, you can only use it for consumption, no selling of any sort without licenses, taxes, etc. Distilling is illegal for consumption I believe, but you can get the equipment for distilling for fuel. Yes I'm sure the Feds will check into this one.
CannonFodder
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US ATF page

Post by CannonFodder »

Check out the US Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) page below, click on the production and removal of beer links.

h**p://www.atf.treas.gov/alcohol/info/faq/genalcohol.htm#g1

Copy and past the link and change the '*' to 't'
Kevin
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Yikes!

Post by Kevin »

thate info in that link is quite alarming as I "may" have been known to brew the odd 25 gallon batch...every week... or not ;)
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sudz
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Post by sudz »

Those laws on the link may be different for you since you live that far north :lol:
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