“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.
Ok. I’m the first to endorse a good conspiracy, but can you explain exactly how one can detect any bad alcohol precipitated off the batch? My wife is a chemist and I’m an electrician. She assures me that the first 5% coming off, you do not want to drink. Being an electrician, I have no clue.