125.06 License and permit exceptions. No license or permit is required under this chapter for: (1) BREWERS’ PREMISES. The furnishing, by brewers, of fermented malt beverages free of charge to customers, visitors, and employees on the brewery premises. (2) HOSPITALS; PRACTICE OF MEDICINE OR SURGERY. (a) The use of alcohol beverages in institutions licensed under sub-
May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26)
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ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
chs. I and II of ch. 50 where the beverages are used solely for medicinal, mechanical or scientific purposes. (b) The use or prescription of alcohol beverages by a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the treatment of the sick. (c) Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b), a permit to receive shipments of alcohol under s. 125.61 must be obtained before alcohol beverages may be used or prescribed under pars. (a) and (b). (3) THE MAKING OF HOMEMADE WINE OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES. (a) The making of homemade wine or fermented malt beverages, and the possession, transportation, or storage of homemade wine or fermented malt beverages, by any person if all of the following apply: 1. The person who makes the wine or fermented malt beverages receives no compensation. 2. The wine or fermented malt beverages are not sold or offered for sale. 3. The total quantity of wine or fermented malt beverages made, in a calendar year, by the person and any other person living in the same household does not exceed 100 gallons if the household has only one person of legal drinking age or 200 gallons if the household has 2 or more persons of legal drinking age. (b) A person who makes, possesses, transports, or stores homemade wine or fermented malt beverages in compliance with the limitations specified in par. (a) is not a brewer or a manufacturer of wine for purposes of this chapter. (c) Homemade wine or fermented malt beverages made in compliance with the limitations specified in par. (a) may be consumed by the person who made it and his or her family, neighbors, and friends at any private residence or other private location where the possession and consumption of alcohol is permissible under this chapter, local ordinances, and other applicable law. This paragraph does not apply to licensed premises. (3g) WINE OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES MADE AT SUPPLY STORES. The manufacture of wine or fermented malt beverages by any person at a business primarily engaged in selling supplies and equipment for use by homebrewers or home winemakers, and, notwithstanding s. 125.09 (1), the tasting at the business of wine or fermented malt beverages so manufactured, if the wine or fermented malt beverages are not sold or offered for sale. Wine or fermented malt beverages provided at a business for tasting under this subsection may only be provided by a person who holds an operator’s license issued under s. 125.17 or an operator’s permit issued under s. 125.175. (3m) THE USE OF HOMEMADE WINE OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR COMPETITIONS OR EXHIBITIONS OR SIMILAR PURPOSES. (a) The use of homemade wine or fermented malt bever-
ages made in compliance with the limitations specified in sub. (3) (a) for purposes of exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, or sampling or as part of a contest or competition, if the exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, sampling, contest, or competition is held at a private residence or on a licensed premises. Homemade wine or fermented malt beverages used for purposes described in this paragraph, including the submission or consumption of such wine or fermented malt beverages, are not considered sold or offered for sale under sub. (3) (a) 2. and any prize awarded at a contest or competition or as a result of an exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, or sampling is not considered compensation under sub. (3) (a) 1., but no fee may be charged for consumption of the homemade wine or fermented malt beverages at the exhibition, demonstration, judging, tasting, sampling, contest, or competition. (b) Notwithstanding ss. 125.14 (5), 125.315, 125.32 (6) (a),