Home Brewer Alcohol Question

[zymurgy1999]

One of my hobbies is brewing beer at home. I am familiar with Disney Cruise Line's alcohol policy and I have been on a number of cruises with Disney. I always follow the alcohol rules, so this is NOT a post looking to skirt those rules. I know that it may not be possible to answer this question, but I figured I would throw it out there in case anyone has experience with this issue.

When I bottle my beers I put them in 12 ounce beer bottles that I have from prior ones that have been used. I cap them myself. What I am concerned with is that I show up to the port to check in and show my 6 pack, but because they are not all the same and have "different" caps that it may cause them to either force me to open one to show that I am not trying to sneak hard liquor on board or they just confiscate it all together.

Does anyone have any insight into this? I would really prefer to bring my home brew on board. Any guidance or words of advice would really be helpfu.

 

[NS8VN]

The first issue I see from reading threads about the alcohol policy is that security is not consistent when it comes to these things. Sometimes you get the hard-line person asking you questions and checking by hand, others don't even get questioned as long as it passes the x-ray machine fine. So there is a chance it is a complete non-issue, but nobody can guarantee that. My thoughts are that the caps won't be a problem, I'm sure people bring mix and match 6-packs often, but are the bottles labeled? If they do get checked they will look for a label specifically stating that it is beer/malt beverage and an alcohol percentage. If there is no label then you are at their mercy as to whether they believe you. I doubt they will let you open one (but this is conjecture, not experience), if they don't believe you then that will be the end of it.