Bammy don’t follow the rulz, why should anyone else?
Popcorn Sutton would be proud.
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The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.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?
The libertarian movement has been obsessed with legalizing this and fighting tobacco laws, for 40 years........ haven’t they?
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 ;’)
Why is NPR ignoring that the federal government can only regulate intrastate activity when the states delegate appropriate powers to the feds, via the Constitution, to do so? Concerning alcoholic beverages, this is evidenced by the 18th Amendment which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
With the exception of the federal entities indicated in the Constitution's Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I, note that the Supreme Court has officially clarifed related issues which reflect that Congress has no constitutional authority to regulate the issue addressed by this thread.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State (emphasis added), and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. (emphases added)” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824."From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden (emphasis added)." --United States v. Butler, 1936.
I suspect that a lot of state lawmakers who agree with the federal laws on this issue don't understand that the feds currently have no constitutional authority from the states to make laws concerning such things.
Whiskey Rebellion started on this very ground where I sit, 1791.
And the Feds STILL haven’t won it.
I don’t know the economics of home hootch. Can you personally drink enough to recoup the costs? Will it taste as good as Jack Daniels? What’s the market (legal or illegal) for home grown booze?
The Constitution does not empower the Congress to legislate you. Is the criminal charge manufacturing alcohol or is the charge tax evasion?
I am probably late on this thread but perhaps someone can clear this up for me.
I believe that at one time an individual could manufacture up to 200 gallons of alcohol each year for their own family consumption without incurring a tax.
I have no other details. Does anyone know the facts?
Made around 100 gallons back in ‘89. Came out 110 proof and cost about $1.50 per quart to produce. Drank it as fast as we made it. Sure glad livers regenerate.
Ping me...
Flawed right there.
People don't make ethanol.
Ethanol is a byproduct of the yeast consuming the sugar.
Distillation only concentrates the ethanol produced by the yeast.
If I drink three 12-oz. beers, or have three 5-oz. glasses of wine or three 1-1/2-oz. shots of whiskey, in each case, I have consumed the exact same amount of alcohol.
The only difference is how much water is in each.
It is easier to “un denature” some readily available versions of denatured alcohol than it is to ferment and distill it.
It still (no, not a pun) needs to be distilled, but you avoid the messy and expensive fermentation process, and the distillation goes much more quickly and cheaply because there is no water in the mixture.
A five gallon can of denatured alcohol can produce ten gallons of good vodka.
But man is it ever illegal......
Only if you get caught.