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On Saturday, April 18th, the amended Senate Bill 5060 passed the Senate againunanimously and now will be heading to the Governor's desk to be signed intolaw. She can decide to not sign the bill or veto it. While we don't expectthis to happen, you can make one call or send one e-mail to help seal the deal.Please call (360-902-4111) and/or write the Governor a message asking for her tosign Senate Bill 5060 when it comes to her desk. (You can also call thelegislative hotline to leave a message at 1-800-562-6000). You can send the Governor a message through this tool:https://www.governor...act/default.aspThis really is the final step and we will officially be able to enjoy homebrewand wine outside our houses starting July 25th (pretty sure of that date). Makeone last call to finish this up! As always, you can find all of the current details athttps://www.wahomebrewers.org/legalCheers,Mark EmileyWAHA Executive Chair

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Kegger on the 25th!

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Kegger on the 25th!

Just name the place ... it actually may be fun to organize something so that we can get all of the south sound HB clubs together for something on the 25th since it is a Saturday...that is if we could find a location big enough

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Just name the place ... it actually may be fun to organize something so that we can get all of the south sound HB clubs together for something on the 25th since it is a Saturday...that is if we could find a location big enough

Heck there could be something in the works for all I know. I'm not involved with any of the local clubs (no real reason other than having a lot of other things going on that making it to a meeting is just something I never bothered to get around to) to know if they are concocting anything.

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HERE"S TO BEER!!!

Raise a glass of homebrew in celebration!At 2:00 today Governor Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5060 in the presence of Mark Emiley, Tim Hayner, and Tom Schmidlin, the three founding members of WAHA. Starting July 26th (estimate) it will be legal to enjoy your homemade beer and wine in private, but as a community! This is a great day for homebrewing in Washington!The wording of the final bill can be found here (https://apps.leg.wa....ure/5060.PL.pdf) but in short, by law, you will be able to finally LEGALLY take your homemade beer and wine out of your house to enjoy privately with your friends, family, and very importantly, organized events like club meetings (and of course competitions or exhibitions). The constraint on only judges tasting the beer or wine is gone and the impossible restriction on returning beers or wines from competitions is gone. Also, very importantly, the limit of 1 gallon has been raised to 20 gallons which will mean that transportation in kegs will finally be legal.Thank you to everyone who made the calls and sent the messages. Thanks to everyone’s effort, we made this homebrewed bill successful. Now that we are done with this effort, WE WANT YOU TO DO TWO LAST THINGS!!! First of all, none of this would have been possible without Senator Jacobsen agreeing to sponsor this bill and that wouldn’t have been possible without Arlen Harris helping connect us. Please take a minute to either call (360) 786-7690) or e-mail (https://www1.leg.wa....senate/Jacobsen) Senator Jacobsen and let him know how much you appreciate his sponsorship.If you see Arlen around, please thank him for his help! (He always appreciates some good homebrew). Arlen has already helped changed the face of Washington craft brewing and through his help with connecting us with Senator Jacobsen has helped advanced our homebrewing community. Thanks, Arlen.Also, more than likely your legislators voted for the bill (there were only three representatives who didn’t, you can view the bill roll calls here: https://apps.leg.wa....s...&year=2009). Take another minute and call or e-mail them to let you know that you appreciate their support. By letting them know that the homemade beer and wine communities noticed, they’ll keep us in mind in future bills. They know we exist (and can be loud when we need to). Don’t let them forget.Congratulations again on gaining a new right. The right to bear homebrew!Cheers,Mark EmileyWAHA Executive Chair

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I'm not even sure what the law in my own state is on this. I've taken growlers places before but I always get a little paranoid that if I got pulled over they could say it was an open container since it has a screw on lid.

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I'm not even sure what the law in my own state is on this. I've taken growlers places before but I always get a little paranoid that if I got pulled over they could say it was an open container since it has a screw on lid.

The AHA has a legal section on their home page ... you are fine in NH.

Updated: 3/09State: New HampshireStatus: PermittedStatute:New Hampshire statute Title XIII, Chapter 175, § 175:5-b provides that a license or permit is not required for the manufacture of family beer by persons over age 21 for personal or family use, and not for sale.Discussion:This statute is a concise exception enabling the limited production of beer for home consumption without a license or permit. It also allows for transportation of the homebrew from the home for meetings, competitions, tastings, ect. and for personal use.