New Booze Regulation Comes Into Effect Wednesday

[webfact]

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by TNR Staff

 

THE ROYAL Gazette has published a ministerial regulation on loosening control over liquor production with this coming into force the very next day, that is Wednesday Nov. 2, 2022, Naewna newspaper said Tuesday evening.

 

Ministerial regulation B.E.2565 (2022) was approved by the cabinet this morning as proposed by the Finance Ministry with this amending ministerial regulation B.E. 2560 (2017).

 

The aim is to increase competition and improve procedures on obtaining licence for both non-commercial and commercial liquor production.

 

The new regulation will also improve tax collection and quality control thus ensuring a standard of production.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/11/01/new-booze-regulation-comes-into-effect-tomorrow/

 

-- © Copyright  THAI NEWSROOM 2022-11-02

 

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[tomster]

Is brewing beer at home legal? 

 

Asking for a friend. 

[jacko45k]

It would be nice to see a good selection of smaller brewers products out there... hopefully they can take it on like they have the weed market.

[JoePai]

1 hour ago, tomster said:

Is brewing beer at home legal? 

 

Asking for a friend. 

Yes

[JoePai]

This is brilliant news, for once we shall be able to buy real beer and not the rubbish fizz, the likes of Leo, Singha, Chang they have tried to force people to drink

[Sparktrader]

8 minutes ago, JoePai said:

This is brilliant news, for once we shall be able to buy real beer and not the rubbish fizz, the likes of Leo, Singha, Chang they have tried to force people to drink

Supermarkets have a 100 beers to choose from

 

[ChrisY1]

1 hour ago, tomster said:

Is brewing beer at home legal? 

 

Asking for a friend. 

I think it is....

[jacko45k]

26 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

I think it is....

And I thought not..

Home-brewing is illegal in Thailand.

To get a beer-making licence, Thais must be able to produce 100,000 litres a year and have $400,000 in the bank, which effectively shuts out small players.

 

[JoePai]

38 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And I thought not..

Home-brewing is illegal in Thailand.

To get a beer-making licence, Thais must be able to produce 100,000 litres a year and have $400,000 in the bank, which effectively shuts out small players.

 

That is for commercial beer brewing – not home brew. There are many companies in Thailand selling beer making equipment and ingredients (Malt, Yeast, Hops)

Now at last it looks as though small commercial breweries will be able to sell beer commercially

[Denim]

Ah.....Thailand  , the hub of dissipation. 

 

Always was , always will be.

 

I will laud and hail it until the kwais come home

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

This is brilliant news, for once we shall be able to buy real beer and not the rubbish fizz, the likes of Leo, Singha, Chang they have tried to force people to drink

You can buy it now already. Prost!

 

[internationalism]

that is just a ministerial order.

It can be changed anytime in the future, at will.

That is the governmental move to block proper legislation, which is going to be voted today at Parliament. So it's just Prayuth's nasty political game.

 

"The Government passed a ministerial order on Tuesday allowing people to produce their own alcoholic beverage for local consumption only and without branding. The order came into effect Wednesday.

In a related development, Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of opposition Move Forward Party posted on Facebook the move, one day ahead of the parliament voting on progressive alcohol bill proposed by the party, which is much more comprehensive and will enable local people to sell their beverage, is tantamount to an attempt to block the bill and protect big alcohol business oligarchs.

Pita asked why the Prayut regime waited eight years before passing the order."

https://www.facebook.com/KhaosodEnglish/posts/pfbid0b5CWcGzPHwodAp9RzzXGCFvWozgyEDYZYgWzCNSELuYF5fSrqGcjug9kwWAsRKz1l

Edited November 2, 2022 by internationalism

[mahtin]

As an aside:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/liquor

 

a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.

[webfact]

People Allowed to Make Alcoholic Beverages Today

 

 

BANGKOK, Nov 2 (TNA) – New regulations of the Finance Ministry which took effect today allowed people to make alcoholic beverages for own consumption but the household production capacity is capped at 200 liters per year.

According to the new ministerial regulations, people aged 20 years and over and juristic persons can apply for a license to make alcoholic beverages for their own consumption, not for sale or barter.

 

However, the production capacity is limited at 200 liters per year and such producers must send the samples of their alcoholic beverages to the Excise Department for quality checks.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1049254

 

-- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-11-02

 

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[JoePai]

Unfortunately most of these "news" updates confuse Beer with Spirits

[Seppius]

If they wanted to increase tax, they could scrap the 2pm to 5pm 7-Eleven ban, as they probably pay their taxes, whereas forcing people to buy from beach vendors or small shops during that time do not

[Crossy]

 

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

According to the new ministerial regulations, people aged 20 years and over and juristic persons can apply for a license to make alcoholic beverages for their own consumption, not for sale or barter.

 

So, you still need a licence to do homebrew?

 

 

[mahtin]

1 minute ago, Crossy said:

 

 

So, you still need a licence to do homebrew?

 

 

Not much point if limited to 200 litres a year for personal consumption.

[harada]

200 litres of moonshine a year should sort out a few livers. 

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can buy it now already. Prost!

 

Is showing pictures of alcohol ,now legal , ? I thought it was illegal .......

regards Worgeordie 

[KannikaP]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

but the household production capacity is capped at 200 liters per year.

 

That is a WHOLE 4 LITRES per week. Who is going to go to the trouble of doing that, even monthly @ 16 litres.

[pattjock]

Another stupid law that is impossible to check. How will the authorities going to check how much each home brewer is making??

[OneMoreFarang]

33 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Is showing pictures of alcohol ,now legal , ? I thought it was illegal .......

regards Worgeordie 

This is basically liquid bread. Like breakfast. 

[steven100]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

limited at 200 liters per year and such producers must send the samples of their alcoholic beverages to the Excise Department for quality checks.

[Rhys]

Back to the plastic bucket and straws..

[HarrySeaman]

Do they really think all the Thai farmers who have always made sato (Thai sticky rice wine) or distill fermented rice to make lao khao or "medicinal" whisky will actually register?  I have never seen any evidence that the government cares about that unless some idiot doesn't know how to separate the methanol (BP 64.7) and ethanol (BP 78.4) alcohols when distilling his lao khao.

 

Just invest in some brewer's yeast for your Sato – Thai Rice Wine or your fermented rice and you eliminate all but traces methanol (you will always get some when you ferment anything).  If you have a moonshine still with a thermometer to tell you at what temperature the distillate is condensing at you can easily make sure the distillate you collect for drinking is ethanol, not methanol.

 

Here is a fancy moonshine still from Amazon, Premium Copper Moonshine & whiskey Alembic Still 3 L w/thermometer aprox 1Gallon.

 

Personally, when I finally move to my wife's farm to live home made sato is going to be on my menu.  You can buy bottles of filtered and sterilized sato at places like 7-11 but it the taste is horrible, unlike the taste of fresh sato.

Edited November 2, 2022 by HarrySeaman

[Willy Wombat]

6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can buy it now already. Prost!

 

Is that beer widely available ?

[RabidRenu]

8 hours ago, JoePai said:

Yes

I'd be keen to know where I could buy supplies for a small home brewing op. Sold at the supermarkets back home and a lot of fun, would save me a fortune on father-in-law's daily Leo supplement bill.

[still kicking]

8 hours ago, JoePai said:

Yes

Can you make home brew in Thailand?

 

 

The 1950 Liquor Act states beer can only be made in a factory or brewpub. A 2000 Finance Ministry regulation says for producers to gain legal status, they must make more than 100,000 liters per year and be a limited company with capital of at least 10 million baht.

[still kicking]

8 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

I think it is....

No see my post