BREAKING NEWS: SB153 passes the Senate.
Kudos to you if you called and thanks for writing notes to the Senators at the last meeting. It worked!
Things were touch and go yesterday for a while. The bill passed the Budget Isolation Resolution vote (a procedural vote that all bills must go through before they’re voted on for passage) but then failed the vote on passage. Later in the day, it was revisited, amended, and passed!
Here is the amendment on page 2:
6 (c) Not more than 20 gallons of beer, mead, cider, or wine produced under this
7 section may be removed from the premises where it was produced
8 and may be transported for personal and noncommercial uses,
So we can’t move more than 20 gallons of beer around at a time. I’m sure everyone’s cool with that right?
Will keep you posted on what you can do to get this approved in the House.
Here’s the email call to action from John Little. Come on folks, it only takes 45 seconds to make the two phone calls.
Please take 10 seconds to make a call to Senator Ted Little’s office in Montgomery. The number is (334) 242-7865.
His secretary will answer. Just leave a message for Senator Little asking for his help bringing SB153 (legalizing homebrewing) up for a Senate floor vote. Be sure she knows that you are an Auburn (or Opelika, Lee County, etc) resident.
It is quick and painless, and the Senators give much more weight to residents of their own district.
If you feel like making another call, the most important Senator to contact is Lowell Barron (334-242-7858).
Thank you for your help. We actually have a chance to get to a floor vote today or tomorrow, but we really need everyone’s help in urging the decision makers to bring this bill up for a vote.
I find out how difficult corks really are to remove.
Pietra
UPDATE: The dude with the headband is actually a symbol on the Corsican flag.
For those of you with Netflix who want to learn all kinds of coolness about the way the US beer industry works, check out Beer Wars which is available as both “Play Now” and “Send Me The Disc” options.
I mix it up with a classic example (according to the BJCP) of the Baltic Porter style. And for those of you who were curious as to how to properly spell my poor attempt at a Russian surname and a beer by the same name, it’s Sinebrychoff Porter. It’s a Finnish beer named after a Russian immigrant.
Whoops! Looks like my grasp of Wordpress isn’t quite there yet. We round out the Ridgeway Elf Series…or the ones that I could find. Also, a correction. It’s the ABC that does label approval, not the TTB. I think the TTB is the national body that regulates beer and other alcoholic beverages.
Merry Christmas Eve to everyone. Hope Santa drops some goodies on you tonight!
New business starting here. We’re gonna talk about politics (boo, hissssss). The good politics; the politics of beer. I’ll keep you updated with the ins-and-outs of the legislative session in Alabama. Help me root for your favorite team!
