2020 Mississippi Code
Title 67 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 3 - Sale of Light Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
§ 67-3-11. Homemade wine or beer

Universal Citation: MS Code § 67-3-11 (2020)
  1. Every person shall have the right to make homemade wine for domestic or household uses only, free of all restraint by this chapter or otherwise, and no such election as provided for in Sections 67-3-7, 67-3-9 and 67-3-13, shall deprive any person of the right to make homemade wine for domestic or household uses only.
    1. Every person twenty-one (21) years of age or older shall have the right to make homemade beer for personal, family, domestic or household uses without restraint by this chapter or otherwise if the beer is made in a county or municipality in which the possession of light wine or beer is lawful.
    2. The maximum amount of homemade beer that a person may make in a calendar year shall not exceed:
      1. One hundred (100) gallons if there is only one (1) person over the age of twenty-one (21) years of age residing in the household; and
      2. Two hundred (200) gallons if there are two (2) or more persons over the age of twenty-one (21) years residing in the household.
    3. A person who makes homemade beer as authorized in this section may remove the beer from the premises of the household where it is made and transport the beer only for the purpose of participating in a bona fide exhibition, contest or competition where homemade beer is being tasted and judged; however, homemade beer may not be sold or offered for sale under any circumstances.
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