Updated: 9/1995
Status: Permitted, subject to amount (gallonage)
Statute
Hawaii statute Title 16, Chapter 281, Part I, § 281-3 provides that the head of any family may produce for family use and not for sale an amount of wine not exceeding two hundred gallons a year, and an amount of beer not exceeding one hundred gallons a year.
Discussion
§ 281-3 is a concise provision enabling the production of beer if it is made solely for family use, not for sale, and not to exceed one hundred gallons a year. “Beer” means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water, and includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, and strong beer but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine, or cooler beverage.
Special Provisions
N/A
State Alcohol Beverage Control Agency
County of Honolulu
County of Kauai
County of Kauai Department of Liquor Control
Lihue Civic Center, Mo’ikeha Building
4444 Rice Street, Suite 120
Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766
Phone: 808.241.6580
Fax: 808.241.6585
County of Hawaii
County of Hawaii Department of Liquor Control
East Hawaii
Department of Liquor Control
County of Hawaii
101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: 808.961.8218
Fax: 808.961.8684
West Hawaii
Department of Liquor Control
County of Hawaii
75-5737 Kuakini Hwy, Room 104
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Phone: 808.327.3549
Fax: 808.327.3550
County of Maui
Department of Liquor Control
County of Maui
2145 Kaohu Street, Room 105
Wailuki, HI 96793
Phone: 808.244.7753
Applicable Statutory Material
§ 244D-1. Definitions.
Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Alcohol” means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced.
“Beer” means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water, and includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, and strong beer but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine, or cooler beverage.
§ 281-3 Illegal manufacture, importation, or sale of liquor.
It shall be unlawful for any person not having a valid license to manufacture or sell any liquor except as otherwise provided in this chapter; provided that the head of any family may produce for family use and not for sale an amount of wine not exceeding two hundred gallons a year, and an amount of beer not exceeding one hundred gallons a year.
Note: The information presented here is to the best of our knowledge and should not be used as a substitute for legal advice specific to the laws of your state.
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