What should his punishment be?

Even in Texas, where weed is still illegal, minors can buy O’Douls and kmobucha.

Too bad they were drinking it in Virginia.

Chesapeake’s Northwest River Park ...

… is a city owned and run campground and no alcohol is allowed.

So there's that.

… is a city owned and run campground and no alcohol is allowed.

Kombucha tea contains anywhere from 0.5 to 2 percent alcohol. (For comparison's sake, a Budweiser is 5 percent.)

Better hide the NyQuil!

Kombucha tea contains anywhere from 0.5 to 2 percent alcohol.

Uh-huh. Well, that would be relevant if the city ordinance read, "A little bit of alcohol is allowed in city owned and operated public parks."

Unfortunately it doesn't. It says no alcohol.

[Jack Burns] The ranger approached Tatem and sons inquiring about what they were drinking. Turns out the trio was enjoying some of grandpa’s homemade Kombucha, a fermented tea that has been around for thousands of years. Ranger Michael Peters was informed by Tatem the mixture might have residual alcohol from its fermentation but it could hardly be considered an alcoholic beverage.

The state Code of Virginia could consider it an alcoholic beverage.

[A K A Stone #1] If this article is true as written and no stretches of the truth like they very often do. Then I agree the ranger acted incorrectly.

Figure the odds. It's from the Free Thought Project and posted by Deckard.

[misterwhite #2] Too bad they were drinking it in Virginia.

Really.

[Deckard #5] Kombucha tea contains anywhere from 0.5 to 2 percent alcohol. (For comparison's sake, a Budweiser is 5 percent.)

In accordance with the Code of Virginia, Title 4.1-100, "one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume" meets the state definition of an alcoholic beverage.

This is true in spite of the advice of Sid Tatum to the Ranger Michael Peters, and despite the research efforts of Jack Burns and Deckard.

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https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/06/26/michael-floyd-kombucha-alcohol-science

Let's start with the actual alcohol content of the kombucha he was drinking. Because it's a fermented drink (it's a tea that contains an appetizing combination of bacteria and yeast in it), there is a small amount of alcohol in kombucha—anywhere from 0.5 to 2 percent. (For comparison's sake, a Budweiser is 5 percent.) GT's Living Foods doesn't provide the alcohol content of its drinks on its website, but it's safe to assume that their drinks likely fall somewhere in that range.

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https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/health/kombucha-tea-alcohol-content/index.html

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau recently sent letters to kombucha producers, including Rothbauer, saying some samples tested above the .5% alcohol-by-volume threshold for nonalcoholic beverages. That's about one-eighth the alcohol content of a light beer.

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STATE OF VIRGINIA

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title4.1/chapter1/section4.1-100/

Code of Virginia

Table of Contents
Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
Chapter 1. Definitions and General Provisions
§ 4.1-100. Definitions

§ 4.1-100. Definitions.

As used in this title unless the context requires a different meaning:

[...]

"Alcoholic beverages" includes alcohol, spirits, wine, and beer, and any one or more of such varieties containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, including mixed alcoholic beverages, and every liquid or solid, powder or crystal, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being. Any liquid or solid containing more than one of the four varieties shall be considered as belonging to that variety which has the higher percentage of alcohol, however obtained, according to the order in which they are set forth in this definition; except that beer may be manufactured to include flavoring materials and other nonbeverage ingredients containing alcohol, as long as no more than 49 percent of the overall alcohol content of the finished product is derived from the addition of flavors and other nonbeverage ingredients containing alcohol for products with an alcohol content of no more than six percent by volume; or, in the case of products with an alcohol content of more than six percent by volume, as long as no more than one and one-half percent of the volume of the finished product consists of alcohol derived from added flavors and other nonbeverage ingredients containing alcohol.

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Like he's going to pay $5 for a 16 oz. bottle of some .5% stuff.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess grandpa pumped that sucker up to at least 10%

Almost makes ya think the ranger could smell the alcohol.

I was kicked out of a state park (from the beach) by local authorities, for sneaking beer in when all the signs and postings clearly prohibited it. I was on a small vacation visiting my brother-in-law and his wife. This was 2012... two years before I retired in NY.

My brother-in-law and I gladly left, drove to the nearest Buffalo Wild Wings... and drank copious amounts of beer, in an AIR CONDITIONED ATMOSPHERE... while we watched sports on the TV.

I didn’t bitch about it... then again I’m not an anarchist asshole.

At the top of the page was "Code of Virginia. The Code of Virginia (COV) contains the laws (statutes) of the Commonwealth. Title 4.1 is the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act."

I scrolled down to "Title 4.1 - Alcoholic Beverage Control Act :: 2014 Virginia Code :: US ..." The first section in Title 4.1 is §4-1.100 - Definitions. And there it defines "Alcoholic beverages".

It was my first search and I believe it took about a minute, maybe two. The writer for the Freedom from Thought Project could and should have done that.

Unfortunately it doesn't. It says no alcohol.

Ripe fruits contain alcohol. Your body contains alcohol.

Ripe fruits contain alcohol. Your body contains alcohol.

And rubbing alcohol contains alcohol. And Nyquil contains alcohol. And none of them are beverages as referenced in the city ordinance.

And rubbing alcohol contains alcohol. And Nyquil contains alcohol.

Don't you get hangover after?

Don't you get hangover after?

You assume I drink. I don't.

Alcohol In Soda: Trace Amounts Found In Coca-Cola, Pepsi And Other Top Brands

No surprise, Trump and Whitey are lying about not drinking alcohol in the park.

Lock 'em Up!

[A Pole #12] Ripe fruits contain alcohol. Your body contains alcohol.

[hondo #16] Alcohol In Soda: Trace Amounts Found In Coca-Cola, Pepsi And Other Top Brands.

No surprise, Trump and Whitey are lying about not drinking alcohol in the park.

I gave the Virginia state alcoholic beverge control law, with a link, at my #6. I quoted the codified definition of "alcoholic beverage" therein.

Code of Virginia 4.1-100,

"Alcoholic beverages" includes alcohol, spirits, wine, and beer, and any one or more of such varieties containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, including mixed alcoholic beverages, and every liquid or solid, powder or crystal, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer and capable of being consumed by a human being.

I gave the search criteria used at my #11.

Ripe fruits are not alcoholic beverages. The state park ranger was enforcing a state law. Soda with trace amounts of alcohol are not alcoholic beverages.

Tatem dumped the home brew on the ground. Had he refused, the ranger could have arrested brave Sid, seized the home brew as evidence, and charged Tatem with a Class 4 misdemeanor for violation of state law.

Liars gotta lie.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title4.1/chapter3/section4.1-308/

Code of Virginia

Table of Contents
Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
Chapter 3. Prohibited Practices; Penalties; Procedural Matters
§ 4.1-308. Drinking alcoholic beverages, or offering to another, in public place; penalty; exceptions

§ 4.1-308. Drinking alcoholic beverages, or offering to another, in public place; penalty; exceptions.

A. If any person takes a drink of alcoholic beverages or offers a drink thereof to another, whether accepted or not, at or in any public place, he is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

B. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any rooms or areas approved by the Board in a licensed establishment, provided such establishment or the person who operates the same is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption and the alcoholic beverages drunk or offered were purchased therein.

C. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any room or area approved by the Board at an event for which a banquet license or mixed beverage special events license has been granted. Nor shall this section prevent, upon authorization of the licensee, any person from drinking his own lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in approved areas and locations at events for which a coliseum or stadium license has been granted.

D. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another on a chartered boat being used for the transportation of passengers for compensation which is not licensed by the Board and which does not sell alcoholic beverages.

E. This section shall not prevent any person from drinking alcoholic beverages or offering a drink thereof to another in any areas approved by the Board in a licensed commercial lifestyle center.

Code 1950, § 4-78; 1956, c. 23; 1972, c. 143; 1977, c. 439; 1979, c. 622; 1986, c. 113; 1988, c. 893; 1989, c. 42; 1990, c. 932; 1993, c. 866; 2017, cc. 157, 492.

Tatem dumped the home brew on the ground.

And by so doing, he avoided being arrested and charged with serving alcohol to minors and possessing alcohol in a public park.

Meaning he also missed out on the tens of thousands of dollars he would have collected from a GoFundMe page.