On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas ruled in the case of Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that the longstanding ...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, in his ruling on Wednesday, sided with the Hobby Distillers Association ...

The French eau de vie made from prunes is called pruneau, but eau de vie can be distilled from any fruit wine. To start distilling at home, you’ll need some technical knowledge about the equipment, ...

If you search for "home still" on Amazon, you will see a bunch of products that are explicitly advertised as tools for producing liquor. But while it is legal to make beer, cider, or wine at home for ...

In 1791, a proud and hearty band of rabble-rousers in western Pennsylvania protested the first tax ever to be levied on a domestic product by America's new federal government—a tax on the sale of ...

In 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 21st Amendment ending 13 years of Prohibition, he was not primarily motivated by the hysteria around organized crime, nor the tragedy of the ...

MT. AUBURN, Iowa (KCRG) - A man from Mt. Auburn is the latest winner of the Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners: Master Distiller. Justin Meredith’s brisket flavored moonshine and strawberry cheesecake ...

But things may change. Earlier this month, a Texas judge ruled that the 156-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. It's the first victory in years for the spirit lovers pushing for ...