Green Bay Rackers Home Brew Club

The homebrew bill SB395 has passed the Assembly and the Senate! It's finally over! Now it's off for Governor Walker's signature. It is not law yet. I'm not sure when the signing will occur or when it becomes official after that. Nevertheless I think I hear the fat lady warming up in the background. This new law formally makes it legal to transport homebrewed beer, mead, and wine to friend's homes or to club meetings. It also allows us to keep holding the Titletown Open and serve our beers at charitable brewfests.

I want to thank all of YOU for calling, writing, and emailing your legislators. It wouldn't have been possible without your efforts. I want to thank the AHA's Gary Glass for advice and helping organize the Wisconsin Home Brewer's Alliance. I wasn't an AHA member before, but I'm going to be now. I want to thank the homebrewing lawyers (who did pro bono work to draft the original legislation) and our sponsors in the Assembly and the Senate. I want to give a special shout-out to the ALE's Dan Grady who put in a lot of time and effort dealing with the politicians directly.

By executive decree I call for a round of celebratory beverages of the homebrewed variety!