[TheForge] blacksmiths and beer

Mon Sep 2 12:40:01 2002

It is always worth a check with the appropriate governing body before
setting forth on a venture like this. Much better to know ahead of time. If
you can find a law permitting what you are doing that has not been repealed
then it is legal, even if other laws say it isn't. The trick is to find the
law that says it is. I picked that up from a guy in law enforcement, he also
said don't expect your lawyer or the judge to know where to find the law
that says it's legal....that's your problem.

IRS and BATF tend to keep a really close eye on booze making.  We had
problems doing distillation as a demonstration in High School chemistry
class, because of teh potable alcohol thing.

----- Original Message -----
From: Phlip <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] blacksmiths and beer

>
> > In a message dated 02-09-02 03:56:31 EDT, you write:
> >
> > << Just wish the laws would allow home distilling- as good as some of
> these
> >  brews are, I'd love to see what some of these folks could do with a
good
> >  mash... >>
> >
> > Last time I checked, so long as the production level is very low, no
> sales,
> > etc.,...they do.
> >
> > Either that, or I was sold a line by folks who don't think they're
> breaking
> > the law....
>
> You've been sold a line. Distillation of potable alcohol, by any method,
in
> any quantity is totally unlawful without a license. If the BATF catches
your
> friends, they tand to lose the premises on which it is/was done, any
> property conceivably involved, as well as getting hefty fines- before the
> IRS gets into the act.
>
> The reason I happen to know this is because I'm involved with a group of
> people who are trying to get "home use" licenses issued so that home
> distillers can do their thing- as it stands, there is no reasonable method
> for a home distiller to get a permit and to function. If you're interested
> in the applicable laws, I can find them for you.
>
> Please, for your friends' sake, let them know, and keep your mouth shut
> about it, so if they go ahead anyway, at least they don't get caught. And,
> you might tell them to keep their own mouths shut- one of the fastest ways
> for BATF to tweak to what they're doing, is for them to loudly affirm in
all
> ignorance that what they're doing is perfectly legal. It isn't.
>
> Phlip, who doesn't like that law, either.
>
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