Hi I hope you can help me, I brewing beer for my self and friends (don't sell) now I want to register for a Micro license (R12K). Now the police is giving me sh... and told me that its not legal to brewing my beer at home. What must I do help.
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Originally posted by Cobus View PostHi I hope you can help me, I brewing beer for my self and friends (don't sell) now I want to register for a Micro license (R12K). Now the police is giving me sh... and told me that its not legal to brewing my beer at home. What must I do help.
contact the national liquor authority for legislation.Last edited by that guy al; 18 April 2017, 19:39.
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What Al said.
You may not produce alcoholic beverage for resale from your home. I think this law may be a carry over from distilling, where they may be worried that you are going to blow the city block to bits. Also, your neighbours might bet angry if trucks block the road.
There are exceptions (and these may be specific to provinces), but there are a few breweries on small holdings/farms.
From my talks with brewers, do the following: Find some industrial/semi industrial place where you want to brew, get a floor plan. Use the floor plan to design your brewery, indicating where each item will be standing, their size, etc. SARS will apparently accept this initially. When you get clearance buy/rent the space and the equipment. Then get SARS in again to show them where things may have changed slightly. Get final clearance.
And yes, this means that you will be paying for a building and equipment for a few months while you are not allowed to brew. Not even test brews (as I understood). You may run water through the system and you may CIP, but no wort or beer.
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