The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.
Plaintiffs challenging the prohibition on home distilling claim the 1868 law is an antiquated relic of Reconstruction-era politics. They argue that Congress overstepped its taxation powers when it enacted the home distilling ban as part of a tax reform measure designed to curb fraud by commercial distillers.
Government attorneys counter that Congress properly restricted where spirits can be distilled to prevent producers from evading federal excise taxes. They warn that lifting the ban would violate Supreme Court precedent and erode congressional powers.
Wait, what? You can’t distilling at home for private use in USA? Really?
I’ve been making my own wine for years. Nobody cares.
It’s one of those technically illegal, no one enforces it unless you decide to sell it without a license.
I used to know people over at r/prisonhooch who would freezejack their homemade wine all the time. That stuff will give you hell’s own hangover.
Yep. When you heat distill with care you can maintain a couple degrees of precision to better separate ethanol from the ugly stuff. Freeze distilling concentrates all the nasty bits and just removes water.
You can, but its the distribution that causes things to get weird.
You can
You can brew beer but distilling liquor is federally illegal.