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.
It’s legal to make 100 gallons of beer or wine for personal use.
“How do home beer brewers and winemakers get away with it?”
Jimmy Carter created the exemption for homebrewers, but it didn’t apply to distilling alcohol.
Neither beer nor wine are distilled spirits and for the record its not illegal to make moonshine at home...
its Illegal to make moonshine at home without the gub'ment issued license and then you get to pay a tax so your stuff is legal.
The problem is that to be in compliance with all the rules and regs to get a license to do so takes lots of cash!
It’s a matter of alcohol content in the final product.
Besides, the wine and beer you make at home must not be up for sale.
The way I understood it was that so long as it was personal consumption it was fine. Try to sell it and that is illegal. I assume it’s okay to give it away however.
Unless the a-holes changed the law, it’s legal to make 200 gallons of whiskey per year for personal use. Also 200 gallons of beer. That’s a LOT of booze for a person to consume.
We don't "sell" it.
You can make wine and beer just not distilled liguor. But you can go online and apply for an ethanol license. Mr. GG2 told me its very easy to acquire the ethanol license. He’s going to get one to make ethanol for my car.