Moonshine?

[Bodhisattva]

Just got a small still off Amazon. I’m looking to start a new hobby. Anyone else into home brewing ‘shine? I’m sure I will have question!

 

[OperationalPinecone]

Go away DEA...

 

[Baddog 0302]

Do the "search" thing for "Popcorn Sutten" and see if you can find any copies of Discovery Channel's "Moonshiners"

 

[DAS HUGH!]

Do the "search" thing for "Popcorn Sutten" and see if you can find any copies of Discovery Channel's "Moonshiners"

I met the tall younger blonde headed guy with the crew cut and overalls that was with Popcorn on the show.
We didn't talk much as I was leaving and he was just arriving.
But yeah I figured how they showed how they haul it around was all fake. But I'll be dammed if he didn't come out of the elevator with a condo push cart full of Mason jars lol. He had a bunch more in his suburban being unloaded lol.
So it seems to be half true at least unless they was moving props around or some silly stuff.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Go away DEA...

Naaw, in bama its the ABC Board. They blow up about 5 a year. Usually after somebody complains about the paint cleaner they are selling. Community policing like it should be. I buy a $20 roll of life savers and get a free jar of something every once in awhile.
Let me know if ya get some going, I'll be a volunteer taster.

 

[steveanderson32566]

It's not ATF, I know they generally aren't paying much attention to the A & the T but it is in there Name / Wheel House???

 

[Southalabama]

Cautionary tale. Don’t do illegal shit and film yourself

Moonshine reality TV star facing charges for active still

An Alabama man known to reality TV viewers as a moonshine manufacturer was arrested Monday night on alcohol-related charges.

www.fox23.com

 

[big jon]

Used to be you could make a small amount of wine but distilling will get you arested

 

[DAS HUGH!]

I thought it was all legal until you sell it. Is that not correct?

 

[Southalabama]

I thought it was all legal until you sell it. Is that not correct?

Wine and beer different than moonshine

 

[Bodhisattva]

I thought it was all legal until you sell it. Is that not correct?

There are restrictions on how much you can produce and give as “gifts,” vs selling. TBH, I need to review the Code anyway. I’ll probably only make enough to give away a few jars at Christmas and keep the rest for the hunting camp bonfires.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Used to be you could make a small amount of wine but distilling will get you arested

Distilling is not illegal, but distribution may be. One cannot sell without a license, but as I recall one can distill a certain amount per year. But don’t ask me who comes around to check.

 

[donr101395]

It’s illegal at the federal level which supersedes any state law saying it’s legal.
It’s illegal to possess moonshine in Alabama and in Florida more than a gallon is a felony.

TTBGov - Penalties for Illegal Distilling

There is no personal use or home distilling exemption for Distilled Spirits. This page describes the penalties for making distilled spirits without a permit.

www.ttb.gov

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[Longtooth]

It’s illegal at the federal level which supersedes any state law saying it’s legal.
It’s illegal to possess moonshine in Alabama and in Florida more than a gallon is a felony.

TTBGov - Penalties for Illegal Distilling

There is no personal use or home distilling exemption for Distilled Spirits. This page describes the penalties for making distilled spirits without a permit.

www.ttb.gov

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Sounds about right. Tax man needs to get his due.

 

[OperationalPinecone]

That's exactly what I've always known about it, why if you do it you don't tell anybody let alone post it on the open internet..

 

[DustyDog]

It’s illegal at the federal level which supersedes any state law saying it’s legal.

Funny how the government never says:

"It's a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, which supersedes any state or local law [or FEDERAL LAW, for that matter!] saying it's illegal"

Whichever interpretation is more restrictive of freedoms, that's the one they invoke. Federal law is supreme when it takes your rights away, state & local laws are supreme when they do.

 

[donr101395]

I agree that it’s bullshit that you can’t distill, but I’m having a hard time understanding how it’s an enumerated right.


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[OperationalPinecone]

It's in the Declaration of Independence, the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..

 

[DustyDog]

I agree that it’s bullshit that you can’t distill, but I’m having a hard time understanding how it’s an enumerated right.


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It's not, but the right to keep and bear arms is, which is what I was referring to in the above example. Drinking would fall under "obvious rights", of which it would be impossible to "enumerate" them all: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and all that.

REMEMBER: The Constitution is intended to restrict what the federal government can do, not what we can.

Amendment X​

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Where does it put the federal government in charge of what we drink, eat, or otherwise ingest?

 

[OperationalPinecone]

Didn't say anything about consuming it, it's about making it..