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I'd be willing to chip in with manning, although obviously I won't be able to provide any beer, or indeed much knowledge or expertise beyond "Mmmm, beer foamy...." <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

As for the legality of providing samples - I know at LRP events in England we operate a system whereby one buys "scrip" in advance (paper tokens in our case) and then exchanges said scrip for cans or shots at the event bar (which the organisers have bought in from the supermarket, or what have you) so it's not really doing it for profit. It may still be shady though, just that a blind eye is turned to it.

Alternatively, a few lads in one of the other Factions in the game system I'm in are home-brewers and they used to run a completely in-character bar, wherein you could buy (homemade) beer or wine for in-character money (small plastic coins that serve as currency in the game system, and which you "earn" in various ways)

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:2dmpimky wrote: I'd be willing to chip in with manning, although obviously I won't be able to provide any beer, or indeed much knowledge or expertise beyond "Mmmm, beer foamy...." <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->[/quote:2dmpimky]Ah sure just make it up.

"Beer is a blend of the extracted juices from a variety of rodents and similar small mammals. With 'kit brewing' the kittens are already pre-ground and you just add boiling water. For better results you can get a good benchtop ratclamp from any homebrew supplier, and then you just need a flensing knife and a couple of metres of plastic tubing..."

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:2dmpimky wrote: It may still be shady though, just that a blind eye is turned to it.[/quote:2dmpimky]You'd just need a special event licence, so long as the people what made the stuff that went in the cans that went to the supermarket or what have you are totally legit in the way that homebrewers aren't.

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:2dmpimky wrote: they used to run a completely in-character bar, wherein you could buy (homemade) beer or wine for in-character money (small plastic coins that serve as currency in the game system, and which you "earn" in various ways)[/quote:2dmpimky]Which is effectively the same as Séan's free-token-at-the-door system. Except we could make the punters perform tasks for us...

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:dct1exhp wrote:

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:dct1exhp wrote: It may still be shady though, just that a blind eye is turned to it.[/quote:dct1exhp]You'd just need a special event licence, so long as the people what made the stuff that went in the cans that went to the supermarket or what have you are totally legit in the way that homebrewers aren't.

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:dct1exhp wrote: they used to run a completely in-character bar, wherein you could buy (homemade) beer or wine for in-character money (small plastic coins that serve as currency in the game system, and which you "earn" in various ways)[/quote:dct1exhp]Which is effectively the same as Séan's free-token-at-the-door system. Except we could make the punters perform tasks for us...[/quote:dct1exhp]

Well, except we don't have a Special Event Licence for those event AFAIK. Too damned expensive. And surely said Special Event Licence then gives you the right to actually charge money for the beer you're providing? As in, at the large official events there is an IC bar, which serves commerical cask ale (in casks on their side with a wee tap tapped in - Drunken Monk Taverns <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="www.drunkenmonk.co.uk">www.drunkenmonk.co.uk) and we pay real life money for real life beer. Is that not what the Special Licence the organisers get allows you to do?

Whereas at the smaller events we run ourselves, we just exploit the loophole that we're not actually paying for the beer, as we're only swapping bits of paper for it. The fact that we've *paid* for said bits of paper is ignored. Plus they're hardly making a profit, as each bit of scrip costs 50p and gets you one drink (be it a can, a spirit, or a mixer)

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:r4u722ro wrote: And surely said Special Event Licence then gives you the right to actually charge money for the beer you're providing?[/quote:r4u722ro]Sadly no. ICB members could flog their beers in any pub that'd take it, if that were the case. You need a licence to brew if you're going to sell it, and that has all manner of irritiating terms and conditions.

&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:r4u722ro wrote: Is that not what the Special Licence the organisers get allows you to do?[/quote:r4u722ro]The difference is that the beer is made by a licensed commercial brewer, not some bloke with a bag of grains, a couple of plastic bins and a gleam in his eye.