Two federal courts reached opposite conclusions on whether Congress can criminalize homemade liquor production under its ...
Early April brought good news for wannabe home distillers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans struck down a ...
Yet how civilized is any society that criminalizes the American-as-apple-pie hobby of home-distilling, a proud tradition carried on by our first president long predating our great nation? You may be ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Lex Villena; Ioannis Syrigos In 1791, a proud and hearty band of rabble-rousers in western Pennsylvania protested ...
A federal appeals court struck down a longstanding ban on home distilling, ruling that it does not effectively support tax collection and is therefore unconstitutional. While home production of beer ...
As state governments kick off their spring legislative seasons, a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate will attempt to legalize home alcohol distilling. Whether this leads to an uptick in at-home ...
America is enjoying its greatest DIY movement in decades. Knitting, gardening, preserving and home brewing all are enjoying tremendous popularity. “Farm to fork” is the new hipster mantra. Also ...
The Buckeye Institute filed a document last month challenging the federal government’s argument that a Newark brewer can’t bring his case to overturn a home-distilling ban forward. John Ream, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plaintiffs, which included aspiring home distiller Scott McNutt as well as the association, challenged two provisions of ...
A federal appeals court has struck down the nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, declaring the Reconstruction-era prohibition an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’ taxing authority ...
The decision challenges a Reconstruction-era law originally intended to prevent Americans from evading federal liquor taxes. A federal appeals court struck down a longstanding ban on home distilling, ...
On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas ruled in the case of Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that the longstanding ...