(a)In addition to any other privilege granted to a
licensee under this title, a licensee may conduct an organized
judging, tasting, exhibition, contest or competition of homemade
beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices, or related
events, at the premises or location where the licensee may
legally serve alcoholic beverages. Nothing in this subsection
shall be deemed to authorize any homemade beer, mead, wine or
fermented fruit juice to be packaged or otherwise provided for
consumption outside of the premises where the judging, tasting,
exhibition, contest, competition or related event is occurring.
The local licensing authority may restrict the portion of the
premises that may be used for the judging, tasting, exhibition,
contest, competition or related event. Homemade beers, meads,
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(a) In addition to any other privilege granted to a
licensee under this title, a licensee may conduct an organized
judging, tasting, exhibition, contest or competition of homemade
beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices, or related
events, at the premises or location where the licensee may
legally serve alcoholic beverages. Nothing in this subsection
shall be deemed to authorize any homemade beer, mead, wine or
fermented fruit juice to be packaged or otherwise provided for
consumption outside of the premises where the judging, tasting,
exhibition, contest, competition or related event is occurring.
The local licensing authority may restrict the portion of the
premises that may be used for the judging, tasting, exhibition,
contest, competition or related event. Homemade beers, meads,
wines or fermented fruit juices provided at an event under this
subsection shall not be provided for financial consideration.
(b) A licensee shall not acquire any ownership interest in
homemade beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices stored
for any period to be provided at an event under this section.
The homemade beers, meads, wines and fermented fruit juices
stored for the event shall be clearly identified and shall be
kept separate from the alcoholic and malt beverage stock of the
licensee. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a licensee
from using homemade beers, meads, wines and fermented juices in
conducting an organized event under subsection (a) of this
section.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) "Financial consideration" means value that is
given or received directly or indirectly through sales, fees,
charges, dues, contributions or donations. "Financial
consideration" shall not include:
(A) A tax deduction or credit for donating beer,
mead, wine or fermented fruit juice to a nonprofit organization;
(B) An event admission charge, cover charge or
club or organization dues, if the amount of the charge or dues
is independent of the amount of beer, mead, wine or fermented
fruit juice to be provided or consumed at the event or through
club or organization activities;
(C) A prize awarded at a state or county fair or
other organized judging, tasting, exhibition, contest or
competition event at which consumption of a submitted beer,
mead, wine or fermented fruit juice is offered without charge
and only by the entrants, judges, exhibitors, contestants or
competitors;
(D) The receipt of homemade beer, mead, wine or
fermented fruit juice manufactured by another person;
(E) The receipt of beer, mead, wine or fermented
fruit juice ingredients;
(F) Wages and salaries paid by an educational
organization for teaching brewing, winemaking, fermentation
science or fermentation processes.
(ii) "Homemade" means made for noncommercial
purposes;
(iii) "Noncommercial" means not sold, offered for
sale or otherwise conditioned upon the provision or receipt of
financial consideration.