I am pretty sure public brew demonstrations are fine. The guys at the Picaroons brewtique told me that they will start brewing authentic english ales in February, and it will be an open demonstration of the process, free for the public to attend. At this time I can't confirm that I will be albe to make it to the meeting next week. However, if there is nothing important happening in the lab I may be able to sneek out for an hour to attend.
When I think of the laws we are trying to change here, I feel it is important to understand where they came from. The majority of liquor laws still in place are a hold over from the prohibition era. These laws were often enacted by hard liner christians who though it was ungodly to consume alcohol, and that beer was the drink of the devil. However, before prohibition people had enough common sense to realize beer is something to be enjoyed, and even further that it was considered a godly drink (IE, monks calling the yeast "god is good" when pitching it). With that in mind, I consider most of todays liquor laws to be horribly antiquated, and no longer reflect the opinions of the times. Furthermore, they reflect the narrow minded ideals of christian extremists who used cult like techniques to sway the minds of the public. As a biologist, I find this to be one more addition to the long list of examples of why the "god delusion" is more harmful then helpful.
Sorry for the long rant, and I dont mean to offend anyones religious views on here, but this is the view I personally hold on the subject and I feel quite strongly about it.
