You had better know what you are doing. Methanol always is the first alcohol to distill off. You will go blind and destroy your kidneys if you drink it. One must know how to detect and discard that alcohol before the safe stuff comes off. That is why it was made illegal.
“One must know how to detect and discard that alcohol before the safe stuff comes off. That is why it was made illegal.”
Sorry friend, I call that Horse Hockey.
It’s the missing tax money. It’s that simple.
They used Tax law to get Moonshiners.
If food/drink safety was of concern, half the stuff they sell you to eat and drink would be banned.
Banning home distillation fits with banning home growing tobacco. Vice Taxes are big bidness for our drunken, lecherous, War Pig of an Uncle Sam.
That, plus inattention during distillation can result in explosion - not good anytime, but especially in the home, apartments, etc.