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Why is it illegal to make your own hard alcohol at home?

It comes down to taxes imo.

If you make alcohol at home, the government doesn't recieve any taxes from it.
 
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
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Who told you it's illegal? Why do you think so many stores sell home brewery and wine kits? Some states regulate the amount you can make at home, but that's as far as it goes.
 
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
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Who told you it's illegal? Why do you think so many stores sell home brewery and wine kits? Some states regulate the amount you can make at home, but that's as far as it goes.
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Making your own moonshine is in fact illegal. For commercial purposes, at least.
 
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Who am I hurting?

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Who told you it's illegal? Why do you think so many stores sell home brewery and wine kits? Some states regulate the amount you can make at home, but that's as far as it goes.
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Thats what I thought. If it was illegal, you wouldn't be able to buy brewing kits.
 
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Originally posted by: acid45
Can you say KABOOOOOOOOM?
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Meh? Lets say I wanted to make it in MY house. It's MY property that I'm destroying, so who care?
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oddly enough, I think it's illegal in most places to destroy your own property, as silly as that may sound.
 
1. Danger of the home brewing process: it may just be your property but an explosion or fire is not necessarily going to only affect you. (If nothing else, your insurance company would probably be less than thrilled.)

2. Danger of the home brewing product: if you go sharing your result and a bunch of people go blind 😉 you've got all sorts of fun reprecussions.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: AnyMal
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Who am I hurting?

Discuss.
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Who told you it's illegal? Why do you think so many stores sell home brewery and wine kits? Some states regulate the amount you can make at home, but that's as far as it goes.
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Making your own moonshine is in fact illegal. For commercial purposes, at least.
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I was talking about personal consumption. Commecrially, yes, it is illegal because government loses taxt revenue it generates from the sale of alchohol.
 
Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Originally posted by: acid45
Can you say KABOOOOOOOOM?
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Meh? Lets say I wanted to make it in MY house. It's MY property that I'm destroying, so who care?
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Believe it or not, it costs society when you blow up your own house.
 
Making hard alcohol is NOT the same in the eyes of the government as homebrewing beer/wine. Some of you need to pay better attention to the actual question.

 
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Keep in mind, home distilling is still illegal in the United States, although, generally, if you?re distilling spirits for your own use and not for profit the law will turn a blind eye.
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Maybe it varies depending on the state.
 
Homebrewing is fine as long as you stay below a certain quantity and only go as high in alcohol content as yeast will allow you. Distilled spirits the government frowns upon because they don't get the tax money from them. Even if it's for personal consumption, they're still missing out on tax revenue, because you're not buying the vodka/rum/whatever (and paying the taxes) - you're making your own.
 
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