For 22 years, the Oregon State Fair has featured a brewing competition between amateur beer-makers who concoct their suds at home.  Last year’s contest drew 335 contestants and was a big hit.  This year, there will be no amateur brewer competition at the Oregon State Fair, because a newly-discovered state law bans public consumption of home-made beer.  According to an 80-year-old lost law, in the state of Oregon, home-brewed beer can’t actually leave the home, so it turns out the contest was illegal.

State officials say their hands are tied.  “As long as this is the law, we have to enforce it,” said Oregon Liquor Control spokeswoman Christie Scott.  Well, while drinking your home brew at the fair is gone, and Oregon’s many home-brewing clubs are left in limbo, at least you can still make and drink your own beer at home.  No need to sell blood to buy pints of store-brand lager or break into the local bar; you can just continue to pump out high-quality craft draft at home.

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