Legal Drinking Ages

Someone asked me at an event about legal drinking ages, so here’s the word… The Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Information website says this: “All states prohibit providing alcohol to persons under 21, although states may have limited exceptions relating to lawful employment, religious activities, or consent by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Among states that…

State Laws on Alcohol

All of these links were checked and current as of September 18, 2014. We were going to copy the pertinent laws here, but they can be long and there are many clauses that may or may not be of interest to SCAdians – many have to do with the sale of alcohol, which is not…

Atlantia Brewers’ Guild Charter (2008)

We, the Brewers of the Kingdom of Atlantia, in order to continue the practice of brewing within our fair kingdom, do request that the Crowns of Atlantia renew our guild’s charter. The guild, which shall be henceforth known as the “Brewers’ Guild of Atlantia,” will encourage the practice, research and understanding of brewing within this…

Cordials and Federal Law on Distillation

In medieval times, herbs and spices were soaked in wine, and the wine then distilled into brandy to make medicine referred to as “cordial”. As enactors interested in alcoholic beverages, we’d love to get as close to this as possible, but close just isn’t very possible.  Federal law is very explicit: Basic Permit Requirements under…

Society Policy on Alcohol

Per the SCA Corpora, By-Laws, Corporate Policies, and Articles of Incorporation (revised January 18, 2014) http://www.sca.org/docs/pdf/govdocs.pdf   VIII. POLICY ON ALCOHOL Manufacturing, distributing, selling, serving, or furnishing of alcoholic beverages by the SCA or its branches or subdivisions is prohibited within the United States and its territories. The use of any SCA funds for the purchase…

Atlantia’s Policy on Alcohol at Events

Atlantian Book of Policy Effective August 2014 http://law.atlantia.sca.org/Policy.pdf1.11 Policy on Alcohol at Events 1.11.1 When a site written contract is silent on alcohol, branches may not publish in any announcement that alcohol is permitted or excluded and may not sponsor activities related to alcohol. In order to have SCA sponsored activities which require the use…