City of Evanston, WY Miscellaneous

In addition to any other privilege granted to a licensee under this chapter, a licensee may conduct an organized judging, tasting, exhibition, contest or competition of homemade beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices, or related events, at the premises or location where the licensee may legally serve alcoholic beverages. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize any homemade beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice to be packaged or otherwise provided for consumption outside of the premises where the judging, tasting, exhibition, contest, competition or related event is occurring. The governing body may restrict the portion of the premises that may be used for the judging, tasting, exhibition, contest, competition or related event. Homemade beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices provided at an event under this subsection shall not be provided for financial consideration.

A licensee shall not acquire any ownership interest in homemade beers, meads, wines or fermented fruit juices stored for any period to be provided at an event under this section. The homemade beers, meads, wines and fermented fruit juices stored for the event shall be clearly identified and shall be kept separate from the alcoholic and malt beverage stock of the licensee. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a licensee from using homemade beers, meads, wines and fermented juices in conducting an organized event under Subsection A of this section.

As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION

Value that is given or received directly or indirectly through sales, fees, charges, dues, contributions or donations. "Financial consideration" shall not include;

(1)

A tax deduction or credit for donating beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice to a nonprofit organization;

(2)

An event admission charge, cover charge or club or organization dues, if the amount of the charge or dues is independent of the amount of beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice to be provided or consumed at the event or through club or organization activities;

(3)

A prize awarded at a state or county fair or other organized judging, tasting, exhibition, contest or competition event at which consumption of a submitted beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice is offered without charge and only by the entrants, judges, exhibitors, contestants or competitors;

(4)

The receipt of homemade beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice manufactured by another person;

(5)

The receipt of beer, mead, wine or fermented fruit juice ingredients;

(6)

Wages and salaries paid by an educational organization for teaching brewing, winemaking, fermentation science or fermentation processes.

HOMEMADE

Made for noncommercial purposes.

NONCOMMERCIAL

Not sold, offered for sale or otherwise conditioned upon the provision or receipt of financial consideration.