"Ken Anderson" <DUSTkapna@adelphia.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> "Andrew Miller" <andrewmiller@tesco.net> wrote in message
>[color=green]
> > can't anyone answer my question though?
> > why is brewing rum illegal in america?
> >[/color]
> I think rum-making falls under distilling, which was outlawed in America
> a long time ago. It could be an attempt to protect citizens from
> possible poison. But I think the real reason was that moonshine was
> escaping taxation, which is the sort of thing that really pisses off my
> government. This is just my recollection. I await more knowledgeable
> input. Ken[/color]

I think yer right, Ken. To quote from an old song, "My pappy made moonshine
afore me, his pappy afore him too . . . but we ain't paid no whiskey tax
since 1792!"

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