![]() "We hope to stop or prevent and hinder people from committing felonies by manufacturing and selling home-brew, because as everybody is much aware, alcohol is the bane of Western Alaska and it has caused more deaths and heartbreak than anything I can imagine," Hoelscher said. Simply put, if the booze is already there, it's too late, said Hoelscher, the village safety officer. And that means two felony charges, manufacturing and distributing the drink, rather than the lesser charge of simply possessing the ingredients to make home-brew. Most home-brew cases start with a more serious alcohol-related report - domestic violence, assault, suicide, even homicide - that leads officers to a batch of home-brew already imbibed. "And the reason they find out about it is because something bad happens." "I would say that it is not that common, because usually the officers don't find out about it until after they've made it," Stein said. It's not a charge that Stein has seen come across her desk very often, she said. You could either feed an army or make homebrew," Stein said. "There's only one thing to do with 7 pounds of yeast. The amount of yeast is one indication, she said. The key is proving what the person intends to do with the ingredients, said Bethel District Attorney June Stein. State law says that local option also makes it a misdemeanor offense to possess yeast and sugar in pound quantities with intent to make alcohol. "These cases, it's not criminal masterminds," he said.Īt last count, there were 34 communities in Alaska that had voted to ban the possession, sale, importation and manufacturing of alcohol, Thompson said. "I mean, it takes like a tablespoon, so that makes no sense." "We'll ask the questions, 'How much yeast does it take to bake a loaf of bread,' and you'll get an answer like, 'Oh, a cup,' " Thompson said. Christopher Thompson, who heads the Alaska State Troopers' Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team. Hunt's assertion that he was a baker is a common answer, said Lt. Hoelscher apparently didn't believe him and arrested the man. And he said he was going to bake bread, the court document says. Hunt said he'd gotten the brew elsewhere. Hoelscher wrote in court papers that he returned to Hunt's house with the warrant and seized about 7 pounds of yeast, a pound of sugar and three juice containers filled with a liquid that tested positive for alcohol. In a recent phone interview, Hoelscher wouldn't say what raised his suspicions, but it was enough that he applied for a search warrant. James Hoelscher went to Hunt's home for an unrelated matter, but once inside, he had reason to believe Hunt was hiding something. Villages have the option to ban booze as one way to combat to a longstanding epidemic of alcohol-related injuries and deaths in rural Alaska.Īccording to court records, a village public safety officer in Hooper Bay on the Bering Sea coast arrested Gerald Hunt, 42, June 30 for possession of homebrew ingredients. But in some communities of rural Alaska, the high rate of alcohol abuse has caused voters to ban booze along with possession of the supplies to make it at home.Ī recent case highlights a 2007 state law that makes it illegal for a person to possess yeast and sugar in a local option community if they intend to use the ingredients to make home-brew, a cloudy, intoxicating liquid often mixed with fruit juice. just south of Jackson Blvd.Owning yeast and sugar isn't enough to get you arrested in most places. The Home Beer, Wine and Cheese Making Shopġ00 block of Elkhart Ave. United States Alabama ~ Alaska ~ Arizona ~ Arkansas ~ California ~ Colorado ~ Connecticut ~ Delaware ~ Florida ~ Georgia ~ Hawaii ~ Idaho ~ Illinois ~ Indiana ~ Iowa ~ Kansas ~ Kentucky ~ Louisiana ~ Maine ~ Maryland~ Massachusetts ~ Michigan ~ Minnesota ~ Mississippi ~ Missouri ~ Montana ~ Nebraska ~ Nevada ~ New Mexico ~ New Hampshire ~ New York ~ North Carolina ~ North Dakota ~ Ohio ~ Oklahoma ~ Oregon ~ Pennsylvania ~ Rhode Island ~ South Carolina ~ South Dakota ~ Tennessee ~ Texas ~ Utah ~ Vermont ~ Virginia ~ Washington ~ West Virginia ~ Wisconsin ~ Wyoming Canada Alberta ~ British Columbia ~ Manitoba ~ New Brunswick ~ Newfoundland ~ Nova Scotia ~ Ontario ~ Quebec ~ Saskatchewan~ Australia Sweden United KingdomĪrizona Homebrewers Outpost & Mail Order Co. If you can't locate a shop or online retailer near you, you can order HTB directly from the publisher by clicking here. HTB can also be Special Ordered through most local book stores. Your local shop can order HTB for you from one of the distributers. If you don't see a shop on this list for your area, check your phone directory for a homebrewing supply shop near you. ![]() Find How-To-Brew at a homebrewing shop near you! Updated With more and more shops picking up HTB all the time, this list is probably not up-to-date.
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