hist-brewing: Apple Cider

[Jerry J Harder]

I think that's a yes and a no.  The federal law is clear.   And you can
make more (beer wine or distilled stuff.  And you can sell it.--- IF
YOU'RE LICENSED and each license is different.

The license is impractical for a home brewer.  It's not all that
expensive for a commercial endeavor.  The catch is all the things you
must do to get the license.  These include a specialized place for tax
paid and non tax paid inventory, bonds, insurance etc   This can get
very, very expensive.  Trust me I'm trying to start a winery.

Master Gerald Goodwine


On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:42:40 -0500 "Richard" <Richard at WowMe.com> writes:
>"Karen Olson" <kaolson3 at hotmail.com> made the comment:
>
>
>> I thought that the laws about homebrewing varied state to state, but 
>
>> distilling was illegal everywhere, due to the dangers in doing it 
>> incorrectly. Or am i biased?
>
>I have heard this justification, but what it comes down to is, it is 
>illegal because the Federal government would lose a  fair amount of 
>income from the taxes.
>In fairness, there is a lot of truth to the issues of danger in 
>distilling, but since these dangers don't exist in freeze distilling 
>(unless your an idiot and put a five gallon jug of glass with a tight 
>seal on no room for expansion in a freezer [liquor bomb]) then this 
>justification for the law ceases to exist.  Since freeze distilling is 
>illegal, then it must be about the money, which I don't think the 
>government would deny, and in fact we do benefit from the taxes, so we 
>shouldn't really complain, too much.
>
>Richard
>


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