Posted on 01/27/2014 2:03:55 PM PST by Theoria
Bammy don’t follow the rulz, why should anyone else?
Popcorn Sutton would be proud.
I thought Everclear was grain alcohol!
It could be that too.
I mean I look at this and it seems to say that the federal government cannot legitimately do so:
AMENDMENT XXIWhere the 18th says:
Section 1.
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
AMENDMENT XVIII
Section 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2.
The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
No matter how much society breaks down, booze will be a viable commodity for trade.
I remember watching a story about how a teenage Jack Daniel, apprentice at a distillery whose owner was drafted into the army, made a small fortune selling to both sides of the conflict.
I thought it was illegal to manufacture moonshine to SELL (without the appropriate leech ... er, I mean ...government ... stamps). How do home beer brewers and winemakers get away with it?
that falls under a different cat. but, ya can run a still, but, uncle sam has to get his cut.
The libertarian movement has been obsessed with legalizing this and fighting tobacco laws, for 40 years........ haven’t they?
Don’t know. don’t know why it was ever ‘illegal’.
The article is poorly worded. It’s not illegal to make the stuff. It’s illegal to make it without required permits and/or not pay tax on it.
There was once a time long ago when I would have agreed moonshiners should be prosecuted for breaking the laws/avoiding the taxes.
No more, and never again. It is the principle.
I’ve been looking into the possibilities of a multipurpose still and have been checking out these folks: http://www.milehidistilling.com/
They make a mighty fine calendar too ;’)
It’s legal to make 100 gallons of beer or wine for personal use.
>>I mean I look at this and it seems to say that the federal government cannot legitimately do so:
It’s quaint that you still think the government has to follow rules.
As I understand it (and I could be wrong), the fed gov puts something like a $13.50 lien on every gallon of alcohol produced. So, to produce without the proper permits and tax filings and regulatory overhead is “tax evasion”.
Corn is a cereal grain.
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