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December 13, 2007
Through scouring the web for beer news, it has come to my attention that the crooked-letter state, Mississippi, is still running under antiquated alcohol laws. These laws among other things, make it illegal for a person to brew beer at home (but making wine is dandy) and also prohibits the sale of beer with a higher “Alcohol By Weight” than 5% (but grain alcohol is swell). Fortunately, there’s a group of Mississippians who aren’t taking this lightly (there’s a beer pun in there somewhere, I’m sure). Mississippians for Economic and Beverage Advancement is “a grassroots, citizen-driven movement committed to lifting the 5% alcohol by weight limit for beer brewed or sold in Mississippi”. From the MEBA site:
Like South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina, we can also be successful in changing our outdated beer laws. They did it and so can we, but we need your help. We need people willing to take a hands-on role in the heart of the organization, to help do the work, such as organizing events, distributing flyers, enlisting the support of sponsors, and more. And we need people to spread the word. Tell all your friends about MEBA, and get new people interested in craft beer. Mississippi’s strict laws haven’t provided a very friendly environment for “beer culture,” so many people here don’t even realize what non-mass market beer is. Let’s work to change that.
Please visit www.meba.ms and sign up for their newsletter at the bottom of the page to learn what you can do to overturn these anachronistic alcohol restrictions.
Tags: Mississippi, MEBA, beer legislation, homebrew, ABW, beer laws, Mississippians for Economic and Beverage Advancement
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December 14th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Thanks for the kind words of support. We’re working on it and need the help.