State Law: Legal Amounts of Homemade Wine
Alaska laws regarding homemade wine are pursuant to the federal law which states the following:
The aggregate amount of wine exempt from tax under this subsection with respect to any household shall not exceed – (1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in such household, or (2) 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only 1 adult in such household.
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Agency
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
5848 E. Tudor Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
Phone: (907) 269-0350
Fax:(907) 272-9412
Statute Title & Description
Chapter 21 General Provisions Section 15 Private manufacture of alcoholic beverages
Except as provided in (b) of this section, the provisions of this title do not apply to the private manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
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.
Chapter 21 General Provisions Section 80 Definitions
“Alcoholic Beverage” means a spirituous, vinous, malt, or other fermented or distilled liquid, whatever the origin, that is intended for human consumption as a beverage and that contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, whether produced commercially or privately; however, in an area that has adopted a local option under AS 04.11.491, “alcoholic beverage” means a spirituous, vinous, malt, or other fermented or distilled liquid, whatever the origin, that is intended for human consumption as a beverage by the person who possesses or attempts to possess it and that contains alcohol in any amount if the liquid is produced privately, or that contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, if the liquid is produced commercially…
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