Topic: Can homebrew but not distill?

Anonymous 23ac6241b4ea37c4dbb82025f6241573 started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-12 08:09:46 UTC) ago:

By the laws as I understand them in the USA. I can homebrew beer/wine/mead/ect up to about 200-300 Gallons a year for my own consumption.

But I cannot take that beer/wine/ect and distill it at all for consumption. At all. Period.

From what I understand I can distill things to make fuel, but not for consumption. Whats the deal, is this all about liquor tax? I cant see it being for any other reason.

In before dangerous still's, wood alchohol poisioning. Going blind ect.

Anonymous 90fd5c5dc5a3e0b1818b01ccfa8e5964 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 09:10:09 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#68,863):

Law making bastards… That's probably just it, it's all about the tax. Ever notice how cheap metho is compared to even the shitest vodka? It has more ethanol in it by far and is still cheaper, but the trick is you don't have to pay the same taxes buying it because it contains methanol (an irremovable poison). Perhaps you could make booze for drinking, but put something in it so that it is undrinkable when they come to see how much you have and claim that they can;t count it as part of your yearly limit.

Anonymous 6fa68e2281038e47d5765559919d99ff replied with this 2 months (2008-10-13 20:35:15 UTC) ago, 1 day later (#69,351):

its actually to keep idots from killing themselves

if you are an r-tard and make it wrong you can die or go blind, its not just a myth

but if your smart just buy the equip and do it yuour self

not hard

Anonymous 90fd5c5dc5a3e0b1818b01ccfa8e5964 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-14 09:37:04 UTC) ago, 13 hours later (#69,717):

@69,351

The blindness is a result of methanol poisoning, and was often only developed because some cunt of a moonshine producer decided it was safe to "water down" his alcohol with methylated spirits or didn't know to discard the first how ever many ml of whatever he was producing. It is very easy enough to produce your own booze safely at home, despite the myths.

Anonymous e206b6c11353094abd45564c3598e94b replied with this 2 months (2008-10-15 17:09:51 UTC) ago, 1 day later (#70,450):

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Topic: Can homebrew but not distill?