{"data":{"id":"us-vt/7-v.s.a.-66","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"7 V.S.A. § 66","heading":"Home-fermented malt and vinous beverages; tasting event","body":"(a) An individual of legal age may, without obtaining a license under this title or paying State taxes or fees, produce malt or vinous beverages, or both, at home, provided that the amount of home-fermented beverages produced by that individual does not exceed the quantities limitation in 26 U.S.C. §§ 5042 and 5053.\n(b) Home-fermented beverages produced pursuant to this section may be transported to and offered for tasting at an organized event, exhibition, or competition held for home-fermented beverages, provided all the following conditions are met:\n(1) The sponsor provides written notice of the event to the Division not later than 10 days prior to the date of the event. The notice shall include a description of the delineated area in which the tastings will be offered and, in the case of a competition, the names of the judges hired by the sponsor.\n(2) The public is not charged a fee for the tastings or for admission to the event, exhibition, or competition. However, the sponsor may charge a fee to the producers of home-fermented beverages for their participation in the event.\n(3) Tastings of home-fermented beverages are offered only within the delineated area specified in the notice to the Division.\n(4) No home-fermented beverages may be sold or offered for sale to the public, and all unused home-fermented beverages shall be disposed of by the permit holder.\n(5) The event will be conducted in compliance with all the requirements of this title.\n(6), (7) [Repealed.]\n(c) A person who sponsors an organized event, exhibition, or competition under this section or participates in the event as a producer of home-fermented beverages who violates any provision of this section may be fined not more than $1,000.00.","path":["Title 7: Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco","Chapter 003: Restrictions and Prohibited Acts"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/07/003/00066","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:19:21Z","sha256":"86bb644f14eadf3950d9ebad6b171247d3b08b4ee89a4582196a3abcee2365d2","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/7-v.s.a.-65","next":"us-vt/7-v.s.a.-67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}