Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plaintiffs, which included aspiring home distiller Scott McNutt as well as the association, challenged two provisions of ...

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 July, a Texas judge ruled that a 157-year-old ban on at-home distilling was unconstitutional, allowing a group of at-home ...

Last year a federal judge ruled a 156-year-old ban on home distilling was unconstitutional. Even if the Department of Justice loses its current appeal of that ruling, that still leaves many state laws ...

A 2023 bill that would have legalized home distilling for personal use died in an Ohio Senate committee. Even if the state law had passed, home distilling would likely still violate federal law. Ohio ...

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 Buckeye Institute filed a document last month challenging the federal government’s argument that a Newark brewer can’t bring his case to overturn a home-distilling ban forward. John Ream, ...

As state governments kick off their spring legislative seasons, a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate will attempt to legalize home alcohol distilling. Whether this leads to an uptick in at-home ...

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 ...