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Police find a still in a Maplewood apartment
Minneapolis Star and Sickle (Star and Tribune) ^ | December 11, 2006 | Herón Márquez Estrada

Posted on 12/12/2006 7:00:25 AM PST by akorahil

Residents and building staffers are curious about just what it is that their neighbor, a self-described chemical engineer, has been cooking up in his Maplewood apartment. That's where police found a still operating on top of a stove, along with several gallons of "product" that might or might not be moonshine.

"In my 18 years, I don't think I've ever even seen a still, except on the 'Beverly Hillbillies,' " said Maplewood Police Lt. Dave Kvam, who raided the apartment Friday.

Police have more questions than answers because they haven't yet talked to the apartment dweller about the still and fermenting corn. He didn't appear to be home Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: alcohol; still
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1 posted on 12/12/2006 7:00:26 AM PST by akorahil
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To: akorahil

So what, as long as he was making it for himself and not selling it. My grandfather made the stuff his whole life, there is a limit but a few gallons is no big deal.


2 posted on 12/12/2006 7:02:16 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: akorahil

I thought it wasn't illegal to make it but to sell it without giving the feds their cut??


3 posted on 12/12/2006 7:02:52 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: akorahil
Police find a still in a Maplewood apartment

They walked in on Al Gore? Oh, wait, that's a "stiff," not a "still."


4 posted on 12/12/2006 7:04:39 AM PST by jdm
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To: Abathar

Apparantly, in MN, it's illegal (per the article). I agree though, that it shoudln't be a big deal. Homebrewing beer and wine is a growing hobby around the country. As long as it's not done with the intent of selling, it shouldn't be a big deal.


5 posted on 12/12/2006 7:04:58 AM PST by Hurricane Andrew (History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
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To: akorahil
Police find a still in a Maplewood apartment

This explains Keith Ellison!

6 posted on 12/12/2006 7:05:25 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: akorahil

So they raided his apt because they were curious?
What did the warrant say; "just curious"?


7 posted on 12/12/2006 7:05:35 AM PST by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: martin_fierro

moonshine ping


8 posted on 12/12/2006 7:08:25 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: smoketree

Very good questions. I wondered myself.


9 posted on 12/12/2006 7:09:56 AM PST by Carolinamom ("I don't have time to be fingerpointing." ---President George W. Bush)
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To: akorahil

Can't be. Alcohol is legal.


10 posted on 12/12/2006 7:10:46 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: smoketree
So they raided his apt because they were curious? What did the warrant say; "just curious"?

More likely, they had reasonable cause to suspect that the funny smells coming out of the apartment were meth-related. Just a guess.

11 posted on 12/12/2006 7:11:42 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Abathar
Unless I'm mistaken (and it's quite possible), there is no legally-permitted amount of liquor that may be distilled without a federal license. If you do not have a distiller's license, you may not make your own distilled alcohol, period.

Your grandfather, like thousands of other good people, simply never got caught.

12 posted on 12/12/2006 7:12:18 AM PST by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: smoketree
You can smell 'shine cooking for miles. If he was cooking a batch indoors, everyone in the building new about it. And they probably weren't very happy about it.
13 posted on 12/12/2006 7:12:30 AM PST by 300magnum (We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
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To: Lx

Yeah. Especially if it's for the gas tank. Avoid those fuel taxes.


14 posted on 12/12/2006 7:13:32 AM PST by jwalburg (It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")
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To: Abathar

He's a chemical engineer. There is a good possibility he may be working on alternative fuels, trying to get rich. More power to him, I say!


15 posted on 12/12/2006 7:13:36 AM PST by L98Fiero (The media is a self-licking ice-cream cone)
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To: akorahil
"Just some home made ethanol for my car, officer."
16 posted on 12/12/2006 7:14:05 AM PST by Ditto
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To: Lx

"I thought it wasn't illegal to make it but to sell it without giving the feds their cut??"

It's a protection racket and the Dons in Washington want their cut.


17 posted on 12/12/2006 7:14:10 AM PST by dljordan
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To: Oberon
Unless I'm mistaken (and it's quite possible), there is no legally-permitted amount of liquor that may be distilled without a federal license. If you do not have a distiller's license, you may not make your own distilled alcohol, period.

The nanny state at work :-/ (or rather the Beer/Liquor/Wine industry spent lots of money lobbying for such legislation, to keep competition down).
18 posted on 12/12/2006 7:14:53 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: akorahil
He didn't appear to be home Monday.

Let's get outta here, Jed - it's them revenooers agin!

19 posted on 12/12/2006 7:17:01 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Oberon

Other than tax purposes I don't see what the big deal is. I guess maybe there are health concerns from the fusel oils in the initial distillation? More than likely that is just an excuse so the tax man can his cut.


20 posted on 12/12/2006 7:19:40 AM PST by Betis70 (Go Sharks!)
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