Brewing on new shores

[youaintseenmeright]

Hi,

I may be moving to Jakarta Indonesia as there is a job currently looking like it may come my way. Does anyone know the laws governing the manufacture of fine ale for personal consumption. If anyone out there has any knowledge of suppliers etc it would be most appreciated. I would hate to give up a great hobby and have to drink the local pond water:S

[seymour]

I can't tell for sure after a few simple Google searches. It's legal in Singapore and Malaysia, but I haven't found anything definite about Indonesia:

I found this dated website "for the beginner home beer brewer mainly catered for those living in tropical climates like Singapore or Malaysia..."

Legal?

In Singapore, you need a license for everything. And that includes brewing beer. Don’t worry, it’s just S$10 for the paper license. You can apply online but the main problem is that you need to collect and pay in person. I guess it is a small price to pay for home brew eh?

http://appm4.internet.gov.sg/scripts/cu ... 1_Form.asp

Do note that in Singapore, you can have only 1 home brew kit (that is really your 30 litre fermenter) but unlike other countries, you can brew as many times as you want. Just that it is restricted to that one fermenter per brew. You cannot have more than one 30 litre fermenter. Although the fermenter is 30 lites, you can brew about 23 litres per batch in the fermenter. Some of the space is needed for the air, foam and others. But if you brew every week, you can have more than 96 (23×4) litres per month. Sounds weird, but it makes sense. The hardworking brewer can make a hell lot of beer. Oh, it’s for personal consumption only, not for sale. You can of course share with your friends. That’s what drinking beer is all about, isn’t it?

I am not sure how it works in Malaysia or Indonesia. Please check with the local authorities and see whether they allow you to do home brewed beer. From what I know, parts of Indonesia, people have been brewing their own traditional alcohol for centuries.

A few sites came up which would ship homebrew ingredients/equipment to Indonesia, for whatever that's worth...

Best of luck!

[Beer O'Clock]

Indonesia is fiercely Muslim. There are some fairly draconian laws. While not specifically to do with Homebrew, this may be of interest...http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/ind ... court-win/

[orlando]

Indonesia is fiercely Muslim. There are some fairly draconian laws. While not specifically to do with Homebrew, this may be of interest...http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/ind ... court-win/

Yet another country going forward to the Stone Age

[Matt12398]

But Bali is Hindu so you can drink there. I drank a lot of Bintang when I was there. I know he different parts of Indonesia are to a point fairly autonomous but not sure if they share the same alcohol laws.

[youaintseenmeright]

Thanks for the feedback looks like I will have to wait and see

I did contact one of the Singapore homebrew suppliers and he said that he has supplied people in Indonesia with homebrew supplies.

There is also warnings about drinking the local booze cut with methanol also there is a good expat scene out there guessing that if it is legal no doubt will have to cross a few palms with silver could be an interesting blog brewing in the jungle!!


What like was the bintang never heard of it. I have drunk beer in underdeveloped countries the Guinness in Africa is not too bad but I am sure bintang would be better than nothing

[Matt12398]

It's part owned by Heineken and the same group that produces tiger beer. It's as good as any asian premium brand mass produced lager. Up there with the likes of Tiger, Chang, Singa etc.