In accordance with the Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2000 with effect from 28 July 2000, you are allowed to perform home brewing without a licence provided that :-

1. your age is 18 or over;
2. the manufacture of liquor is not by distillation and not for sale;
3. the manufacture of liquor is in premises which are used by you exclusively as your place of residence and which constitute a separate household unit;
4. at any particular point of time, you do not keep or are not in possession, anywhere in Hong Kong, of liquor purported to be manufactured from home brewing of a total quantity exceeding 50 litres;
5. at any particular point of time, a total quantity exceeding 50 litres of liquor purported to be manufactured from home brewing should not be kept in any premises where home-brewed liquor is made; and
6. the liquor so manufactured, unless for immediate consumption, is stored in sealed containers marked legibly the words "Home Brewed, Not for Sale" or words to the same effect.
   

Subject to all the above requirements for home brewing, you are also not required to pay duty on the liquor so manufactured.

Please be reminded that in contravention of the requirements for home brewing, you will be liable to prosecution and the liquor manufactured will then not be exempt from duty.

Further enquiries on home brewing can be made by telephone to the office of the Customs and Excise Department at 2852 4828.