granitebaybrewer:
Code 23356.2 states:
No license or permit shall be required for the brewingexhibitions or competitions, includingtastings , or judgings.
Maybe the best solution would be talk to festival organizers and have them add “Homebrew Competition” to the beer fest title. Then people attending could vote for their favorite homebrewed beer. Wouldn’t this make it a “Competition at an organized affair”?
Honestly, that’s about as good as it gets. I think the goal going forward would be to educate about what the law actually says.
denny:
In our case, Rogue bought a 30 gal. MoreBeer sculpture (top of the line) and put it in the basement of their local brewpub. They also bout a temp controlled conical for the system. Our people would go in and brew using ingredients supplied by Rogue. Generally, they were pretty good about getting ingredients that were needed, but sometimes we just had to wing it. The finished beer was owned and sold by Rogue. Even the club member who brewed it had to purchase it…no free beer for the club. They were supposed to have a tap handle available for us all the time, but often their own beer would fill that while ours sat until there was space. They did no identification kf the beer as being brewed by the club. Basically, we were just providing free labor. We recently decided to end our brewing on the system because we just couldn’t identify the value to the club.
Those guys at Rogue are pretty damn smart. If the beer was good they sell it, if not dump it and wait for another group of brewery slaves to make another batch.
denny
March 6, 2013, 8:32pm
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It was all good and I don’t think any got dumped. Beyond that, I have a lot of friends at Rogue, so I’ll restrain myself…
phunhog
March 7, 2013, 9:38pm
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denny:
In our case, Rogue bought a 30 gal. MoreBeer sculpture (top of the line) and put it in the basement of their local brewpub. They also bout a temp controlled conical for the system. Our people would go in and brew using ingredients supplied by Rogue. Generally, they were pretty good about getting ingredients that were needed, but sometimes we just had to wing it. The finished beer was owned and sold by Rogue. Even the club member who brewed it had to purchase it…no free beer for the club. They were supposed to have a tap handle available for us all the time, but often their own beer would fill that while ours sat until there was space. They did no identification kf the beer as being brewed by the club. Basically, we were just providing free labor. We recently decided to end our brewing on the system because we just couldn’t identify the value to the club.
I am hoping we can convince the brewery where our club meets to do something like this!! I think it would because they are not only a brewery but also a homebrew shop. It seems like it would be a win/win for the brewery. They get to put a “special” beer on tap for a day or two and get more people into the hobby.
Well that could work well since promoting homebrewing is in the financial interest of the brewery/shop.