How this guy made booze in prsion

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**Dreadwinter**

daedalus wrote:
cuda1179 wrote:
Let's all remember, legally you can make your own wine or beer. If you make distilled spirits you need to be certified by the government and pay taxes on it.

I never really understood why beer and wine is okay, but not liquor. Is it some kind of legacy anti-Irish law?

I'm guessing that it's because distilling is kind of dangerous for health and safety. I think most states are twitchy about single sources of alcohol above a certain volume. An old roommate of mine used to have a kegerator, and there was state paperwork you had to fill out to get a keg sold to you by the places that carried them. I think Illinois has something similar.

On top of that, booze above 40% is flammable, it's generally being kept over flame or heat, and there's no means of regulating it when you're brewing it yourself unless you're testing it yourself. If you're just drinking whatever comes out of the still, and you don't know/care what you're doing, you could be drinking 40% moonshine or 80% moonshine. There's a big difference there between the two.

It's been probably 5 years, but the last time I got a keg in Illinois, the only thing I had to sign was the deposit slip.

**cuda1179**

Barring local and state laws, stills themselves are also legal, even if you are brewing them right in front of a cop. The catch is, that you must be brewing non-edible alcohol. If you wanted to make your own home-made engine grease stripper or fuel for your car, more power to you. Make a pint of quality hooch to nip on a cold winter night and you just broke the law.