Alcohol

[Stephen Pursley]

> > Okay, since you guys have brought this up could you please wade through the 
> > legaleze and explain one thing to me.  
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > Kwass has a very low alcohol content but the liqueurs are made with vodka.
> 
> The liqueurs are perfectly legal in both Texas and Oklahoma. (You've
> already paid the taxes on them and can transport them and give them away.)
> 
> I don't know what Kvass is made from to know if it's legal to produce it
> in either state.
> 
> > So what's the story? Can I enter these without a license? Can I serve Kvass at
> > a feast as long as it is a "gift" to the diners and is not included in the
> > feast price and not bought through SCA money?
> 
> By the letter of the law, it's probably illegal for you to transport the
> Kvass to the site in both states.
> 
> In Texas, the letter of the law would consider entering the Kvass in an
> A&S display/competition as being illegal because of too much criteria that
> we generally don't meet. (Closed to the general public, no charge for
> admission of the entry or attendance to the event [we might be able to
> "fudge it" since we don't charge to see the A&S display *shrug*], and
> written permission from TABC.)
> 
> In Texas, you aren't allowed to give the Kvass to your "guests" but in
> Oklahoma you can. People at gatherings/feasts like this could be considered
> your guests.
> 
>   NOTE: Everyone still has to be over 21. In Texas, you can give alcohol
>   to your spouse or children if you are over 21, but only you can. (IE.
>   Server hands it to the person over 21, they then hand it to the under
>   21 person.) I don't know about Oklahoma nor if "legal guardian" counts.
> 

Yep.  I use to live in Texas, and you can do what Pug says (give alcohol
to your children directly by your hand).

Not in Oklahoma.  You must be 21 years of age in Oklahoma to drink
anything with alcohol in it (even 3.2 beer).


   Barat