License to manufacture not required, personal or family use
A person who is at least 21 years old does not need a license to make beer or other alcohol at home for themselves or their family. A household can make up to 200 gallons per year if two or more people over 21 live there, or up to 100 gallons per year if only one person over 21 lives there. The alcohol made this way cannot be sold. Homemade beer can be taken off the property for personal or family use, including events like home brewing contests or tastings. If homemade beer is brought to an event where people pay an entry fee but the beer is free to drink, that is not considered a sale — as long as the person who made the beer gets none of the entry fee money.
311.055. to not required, personal or family use — limitation — removal from permitted, when — inapplicability, when. — 1. No person at least twenty-one years of age shall be required to obtain a license to manufacture , as defined in section 311.020, for personal or family use. The of intoxicating liquor manufactured per household shall not exceed two hundred gallons per if there are two or more persons over the age of twenty-one years in such household, or one hundred gallons per calendar year if there is only one person over the age of twenty-one years in such household. Any intoxicating liquor manufactured under this section shall not be sold or offered for sale.
2. Beer brewed under this section may be from the premises where brewed for personal or family use, including use at organized events, exhibitions, or competitions, such as home contests, tastings, or judging. The use may occur off , on any premises under a issued under section* 311.218, 311.482, 311.485, 311.486, or 311.487, or on any 's as described in section 311.090.
3. Any beer brewed under this section used at an organized event where an admission fee is paid for entry, at which the beer is available without a separate charge, shall not be a sale of beer, provided that the person who brewed the beer receives none of the from the admission fee and all consumption is conducted off licensed retail premises, under the premises of a temporary retail license issued under section 311.218, 311.482, 311.485, 311.486, or 311.487, or on any tax exempt organization's licensed premises as described in section 311.090.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1995 S.B. 468, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2013 S.B. 121, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1304) *Word "sections" appears in original rolls.
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