Offenses under this section are felonies that are punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for each offense.
Edit: can we just talk for a second about how oppressive the law is for poor people? Do you have $10,000? Cool, give it to us and go home. Oh, you don’t have it? FIVE YEARS in a federal penetentary!
Okay that’s fair I didn’t quite understand the statement, however you CAN distill as long as you REGISTER YOUR STILL for free via a permit application from the Tobacco and Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau with the US Department of the treasury, because the above page specified
“5601(a)(1) – Possession of an unregistered still.”
and you also cannot set it up in certain locations
“5601(a)(6) – Distilling on a prohibited premises. (Under 26 U.S.C. 5178(a)(1)(B), a distilled spirits plant may not be located in a residence or in sheds, yards, or enclosures connected to a residence.)”
Just be careful not to produce, remove, or trade your registered still without authorization.
§ 29.55 Registry of stills and distilling apparatus.
(a) General. Every person having possession, custody, or control of any still or distilling apparatus set up shall, immediately on its being set up, register the still or distilling apparatus, except that a still or distilling apparatus not used or intended for use in the distillation, redistillation, or recovery of distilled spirits is not required to be registered. Registration may be accomplished by describing the still or distilling apparatus on the registration or permit application prescribed in this chapter for qualification under 26 U.S.C. chapter 51 or, if qualification is not required under 26 U.S.C. chapter 51, on a letter application, and filing the application with the appropriate TTB officer. Approval of the application by the appropriate TTB officer will constitute registration of the still or distilling apparatus.
(b) When still is set up. A still will be regarded as set up and subject to registry when it is in position over a furnace, or connected with a boiler so that heat may be applied, irrespective of whether a condenser is in position. This rule is intended merely as an illustration and should not be construed as covering all types of stills or condensers requiring registration.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1512–0341)
(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1355, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5179))
[T.D. ATF–207, 50 FR 23682, June 5, 1985; 50 FR 28572, July 15, 1985; 50 FR 30821, July 30, 1985, as amended by T.D. ATF–439, 66 FR 8770, Feb. 2, 2001]
While individuals of legal drinking age may produce wine or beer at home for personal or family use, **Federal law strictly prohibits individuals from producing distilled spirits at home **
Big difference (in safety) between homebrew and moonshine.
(Ehhhh not really, if you know what you’re doing and throw out the Methyl, which isn’t hard, the only “danger” becomes the same as cooking: fire. It’s kinda just some leftover prohibition era bullshit.)
They would likely be most upset you can’t make your own liquor legally.
You can, just can’t sell it (at least in my state which is one of the stricter ones for alcohol)
Federal law strictly prohibits distilling at home.
Edit: can we just talk for a second about how oppressive the law is for poor people? Do you have $10,000? Cool, give it to us and go home. Oh, you don’t have it? FIVE YEARS in a federal penetentary!
Did you not read the first sentence on that page?
Wine or beer isn’t liquor. Liquor is distilled spirits. It is against federal law to distill at home
Okay that’s fair I didn’t quite understand the statement, however you CAN distill as long as you REGISTER YOUR STILL for free via a permit application from the Tobacco and Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau with the US Department of the treasury, because the above page specified
“5601(a)(1) – Possession of an unregistered still.”
and you also cannot set it up in certain locations
“5601(a)(6) – Distilling on a prohibited premises. (Under 26 U.S.C. 5178(a)(1)(B), a distilled spirits plant may not be located in a residence or in sheds, yards, or enclosures connected to a residence.)”
Just be careful not to produce, remove, or trade your registered still without authorization.
They quoted it!
Big difference (in safety) between homebrew and moonshine.
(Ehhhh not really, if you know what you’re doing and throw out the Methyl, which isn’t hard, the only “danger” becomes the same as cooking: fire. It’s kinda just some leftover prohibition era bullshit.)