Alaska

Updated: 9/1995

Status: Permitted, subject to federal law, and local option.

Statute

Alaska statute § 04.21.015 permits the private manufacture of alcoholic beverages provided that the manufacture of such alcoholic beverage does not exceed the limit imposed on private manufacture under federal law or an area that has adopted local option law.

Discussion

Section 04.21.015 is a very concise exception enabling the private production of alcoholic beverages according to limits imposed by certain state statutes and federal law.

Special Provisions

The private production of alcoholic beverages shall not interfere with AS 04.16.050, 04.16.051, 04.16.080; or AS 04.21.010, 04.21.020. See applicable statutes.

State Alcohol Beverage Control Agency

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

• 550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 350
• Anchorage, AK 99501
• Phone: 907.277.8638
• Fax: 907.272.9412

Applicable Statutory Material

Sec. 04.21.015 Private manufacture of alcoholic beverages.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the provisions of this title do not apply to the private manufacture of alcoholic beverages.

(b) This section does not apply to AS 04.16.050, 04.16.051, 04.16.080; AS 04.21.010, 04.21.020; alcoholic beverages manufactured in a quantity that exceeds the limit imposed on private manufacture under federal law; or an area that has adopted a local option law under AS 04.11.491.

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.