home distilling

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April 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members.

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Shouldn’t this be in the non-wine category?

Recalls a chem lab project that got shut down before even lighting the Bunsen burner.

https://archive.ph/hknnb no paywall

Wow! I’m kind of shocked. This would have really excited me about 15 years ago when I was into homebrewing…

So who’s going to be first to legally blow up their kitchen and/or blind themselves by failing to properly cut the heads and tails?

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