Goon Gone Off?

[Kevnlis]

I nearly choked on my glass of juice when I read that!

[Boonie]

I just choked on my sanger

[KEG]

awesome work warra

[Will]

If these anti-alcohol lobby groups get their way goon will be the next victim of the government's alcohol taxing.

Not that I drink it anyway, I don't care all that much as long as they stay away from beer.

[gregb]

*OT*
I think it'll take 'em a while to figure out a way to tax homebrew.

Cheers,
Greg

[Kevnlis]

*OT*
I think it'll take 'em a while to figure out a way to tax homebrew.

Cheers,
Greg

Brewers yeast tax?

[warra48]

Home brew is unlikely to get caught up in the alcohol tax issue, because the HB retailers are not selling alcohol, but merely ingredients such as grain, malt, hops, and yeast.
They don't necessarily have to be turned into alcohol, and could be used, for example, in baking. Hop bread, anyone?
Some of those ingredients, after we mash and ferment them, will turn into alcohol. But the same could be done with a myriad other ingredients.
For the basic K & K brewers, they would have to tax the guts out of the sugar industry.
I wouldn't start panicking just yet.