{"id":10586,"date":"2013-04-03T16:05:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T21:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2021-08-27T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:40:40","slug":"homebrewing-legislation-headed-to-the-illinois-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/homebrewing-legislation-headed-to-the-illinois-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebrewing Legislation Headed to the Illinois State House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Over the past few weeks and months, members of the Illinois Homebrew Alliance (IHA), the Associated Beverage Distributors of Illinois<\/a> (ABDI) and Illinois Licensed Beverage Assocation<\/a> (ILBA) have been working in partnership to present a bill to the Illinois Legislature that would allow homebrewers to legally continue things like tastings, sampling events, contests and more; things that were technically somewhat outside the boundaries of legality due to the lack of language on it in the state\u2019s alcohol laws.<\/p>\n

Today, GuysDrinkingBeer can exclusively report that the language of a bill has been agreed upon<\/strong>, and has been sent to Representative Keith Farnham (D-Elgin). It’s expected to be filed in the Illinois House by\u00a0when the legislature returns from spring break next week.<\/p>\n

While this doesn\u2019t mean that the bill will sail through quickly, the partnership between the two camps basically means that they\u2019ve worked out their differences, made sure all the i\u2019s are dotted and t\u2019s are crossed, and the relevant parties both think this is a bill that should move forward through state government with minimal to no objections.<\/p>\n

We’ll post the full text of the bill soon, but here are the most relevant and interesting points:<\/p>\n