Home distillation?

[Leadeye]

Maybe home distillation is making a comeback. A federal judge has struck down the ban as unconstitutional after 156 years. The suit was brought by an organization supporting legalization, much like fermentation already is.

 

[Creedmoor]

Maybe home distillation is making a comeback. A federal judge has struck down the ban as unconstitutional after 156 years. The suit was brought by an organization supporting legalization, much like fermentation already is.

Wow. Awesome.

 

[indyjohn]

This is something I've been looking at since I started making wine. There's a small business in Colorado that makes some beautiful stills, but boy are they pricey. Still, (ha ha) I'd like to do it without worrying about the revenuers knocking on my door.

https://milehidistilling.com/

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I always wonder how the guys on "Moonshiners" keep from getting busted.

 

[bwframe]

 

[KellyinAvon]

FREEDOM!!!

 

[Creedmoor]

I always wonder how the guys on "Moonshiners" keep from getting busted.

Probably because they really aren't distilling or they have licenses.

 

[bcannon]

Maybe home distillation is making a comeback. A federal judge has struck down the ban as unconstitutional after 156 years. The suit was brought by an organization supporting legalization, much like fermentation already is.

When did this happen? Do you have a link to this information?

 

[littletommy]

When did this happen? Do you have a link to this information?

Federal judge rules that 156-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional

Federal judge in Texas ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling exceeded Congress's taxing power and violated the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Creedmoor]

Federal judge rules that 156-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional

Federal judge in Texas ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling exceeded Congress's taxing power and violated the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause.

www.foxnews.com

I just talked to my Thing 2, he said he will be reading up on it before he comes home.

 

[littletommy]

I’ve been interested in distilling for quite a few years, and I happen to work at a place that builds pressure vessels! I’ve always thought the ban was nothing but government overreach, hopefully this is the beginning of the end for the ridiculous ban.

 

[PGRChaplain]

Sadly, Too Late for Popcorn Sutton.

 

[edwea]

I always wonder how the guys on "Moonshiners" keep from getting busted.

Sorry to break this to you, but it's reality tv. Which means not real. Unless you were being sarcastic, which I hope is the case.

 

[littletommy]

Sorry to break this to you, but it's reality tv. Which means not real. Unless you were being sarcastic, which I hope is the case.

It is reality tv, and yeah, the vast majority of it is fake, but I will say, I’ve met and done some drinking with Mr. Tickle, and what you see on tv, is exactly what you get for real with him. Same for Jim Tom, rest his soul.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Sorry to break this to you, but it's reality tv. Which means not real. Unless you were being sarcastic, which I hope is the case.

Well I would think so! But Vice used to show illegal pot growing operations too, so who knows?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I'd been a cop for probably 4-5 years before I found out running a still was illegal. Excise laws weren't something we covered in the Academy, and when I was young it was just something everyone did so I'd never thought to question it. I knew you weren't allowed to sell it without the tax stamp, same as you needed a different stamp to serve liquor commercially, but that was it.

 

[model1994]

oh boy, I need to call my cousins in Tennessee. actually.. I probably won’t be able to get ahold of them for days.

 

[Leadeye]

ATF has some time to appeal, I wonder if it will go to the SCOTUS.

 

[model1994]

thanks for posting, I was unaware of this. pretty interesting

 

[Leadeye]

I'll be curious how they handle other uses for the ethanol. Back during covid there was a great rush on ethanol for use in hand sanitizers but people forgot about the laws governing denaturing packages that exempted it from regulation and tax. The result was hand sanitizer with all sorts of skin irritating chemicals that came in with the exempt ethanol, mostly toluene, as the largest denatured ethanol blend is for fuel.