Markeshia Ricks filed a report on Wednesday's Senate committee hearing on home brewing. She seems to have read more reluctance into the senators' reactions than I've seen mentioned elsewhere. The story pasted below is carried in today's edition of
The Anniston Star. Normally it would be available on our Web site for subscribers only, but we're
offering it for free to Pitcher This readers. Enjoy!
Bill to make home-brewing legal may meet resistance
By Markeshia Ricks
Capitol Correspondent
04-03-2008
MONTGOMERY — Brewing beer and wine in your basement for your own pleasure is illegal in Alabama.
If law enforcement officers bust you doing it, you could spend up to a year in jail and be hit with as much as $2,000 in fines.
But it's a popular pastime in Alabama, and do-it-yourself brewers say it's time to make it legal.
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