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Any body know what MI's home brew laws are? 20 gallons a year that can not be right? What does this mean?

"Mich. Comp. Laws §436.1207
This act does not apply to the following:
(b) Beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider of any alcoholic content made on the premises by the owner or lessee of those premises provided those premises are used and occupied by that owner or lessee as a dwelling and the beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider is made for family use and home consumption.
(c) The gift to an individual for noncommercial use or consumption of up to 20 gallons of beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider produced under the circumstances described in subdivision (b). This subdivision does not allow a person less than 21 years of age to possess, receive as a gift, or give beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider produced under the circumstances described in subdivision (b).
Mich. Comp. Laws §436.2027
(3) This section does not prohibit any of the following:
(d) A micro brewer, brewpub, or on-premises licensee from allowing the sampling and consumption on the licensed premises of beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider produced by one or more home brewers at a meeting of home brewers, or a club composed primarily of home brewers, under the following circumstances:
(i) The sampling or consumption is for the purpose of exhibitions or competitions involving home brewers.
(ii) The beer, honey-based beer, or cider is served in portions that do not exceed three ounces. The wine or mead is served in portions that do not exceed two ounces.
(iii) The beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider produced by the home brewer is only consumed by the home brewer, the home brewer's family, a club member, a judge, or a guest speaker and is not sold to members of the general public.
(iv) The participants in the sampling or consumption otherwise comply with applicable state and federal law and applicable regulatory provisions of this act and rules adopted by the commission under this act.
(v) The participants in the sampling or consumption are not charged for the sampling or consumption of the beer, wine, mead, honey-based beer, or cider."

Read it again. You can only GIFT 20 gallons. Make all you want.

I believe MI's laws are very similar to Minnesota's laws; You're allowed to make up to 200 gallons in a year for you own consumption. If you're caught violating the law then you're forced to live as a Canadian for up to six months. If caught a second time then you're shipped off to Wisconsin. FOR AT LEAST A YEAR!

200 gallons per year is the federal guideline, so yes, that would be what's applicable here.

RickBeer wrote:200 gallons per year is the federal guideline, so yes, that would be what's applicable here.

I have to guess there is at least one of us here that have violated this on occasion....

Not I! I've not come close to 100 gallons in a year.

I made about 120 gallons of beer and about 40 gallons of mead one year.

I made a bunch for a friends wedding and a welcome back party for a friend that spent 18 months in an alcohol free country. I was still running out of places to put the beer and it took forever to get the stockpile reduced especially the mead.

Hey we're only allowed 50 gal a year per household here. That's wine, beer, and mead from the way it reads.

jimjohson wrote:Hey we're only allowed 50 gal a year per household here. That's wine, beer, and mead from the way it reads.

Be careful JJ the way they catch you making more than 50 gallons is to monitor how many times your toilets flush.

'course that doesn't work for 200 gallons.

Brewbirds wrote:

jimjohson wrote:Hey we're only allowed 50 gal a year per household here. That's wine, beer, and mead from the way it reads.

Be careful JJ the way they catch you making more than 50 gallons is to monitor how many times your toilets flush.

'course that doesn't work for 200 gallons.

so THAT'S why they put that limit!

And that's 200 gallons per adult in the household. So in my case, or cases (rimshot please), my SWMBO makes the household limit 400 gallons.

Nope 100/year if there is another adult over age 21 in the household it goes to 200/year!

As Steve notes, it is 100 per adult, so 200 for the household which I stated.

Dang! Guess I have some beer to dispose of.

RickBeer wrote:As Steve notes, it is 100 per adult, so 200 for the household which I stated.

ALMOST tempting enough to have the eldest son move back in. Then again, he would probably drink the 100 gallons extra I would be allowed....