I'm thinking about getting into distillery, but I don't know much about the
laws, especially in CA. I know that brewing beer and wine for personal
consumption is legal with quantity limits. What about distilling liquors?

On Tue, 18 May 2004 03:22:23 GMT, "Cris J" wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm thinking about getting into distillery, but I don't know much about the
>laws, especially in CA. I know that brewing beer and wine for personal
>consumption is legal with quantity limits. What about distilling liquors?[/color]

It's illegal. See here for more information:

[url]http://homedistiller.org/legal.htm[/url]

Also, you might want to look at the newsgroup rec.crafts.distilling for
a second opinion, as well as these websites:

[url]http://www.moonshine-still.com/[/url]
[url]http://ww2.green-trust.org:8383/ethanol.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.happymountain.net/[/url]

--
"It's not the right time to be sober,
Now that the idiots have taken over" - NOFX

On Tue, 18 May 2004 03:22:23 GMT, "Cris J" <madmerlyn@earthlink.net>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm thinking about getting into distillery, but I don't know much about the
>laws, especially in CA. I know that brewing beer and wine for personal
>consumption is legal with quantity limits. What about distilling liquors?
>[/color]

I don't know about CA laws, but I've been told home distilation is
illegal. If you form a company and went professionally into it, you
can become licensed, but there are many legal issues with taxes and
quality control. Quality control since distilling at the wrong temp
can blind or even kill.

Might want to just stick with the beer and wine home operation.

later,

tom




***************** Check Us Out *****************
[url]http://www.CarFleaMarket.com[/url]

"Cris J" <madmerlyn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:Pjfqc.4715$H_3.1777@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> I'm thinking about getting into distillery, but I don't know much[/color]
about the[color=blue]
> laws, especially in CA. I know that brewing beer and wine for personal
> consumption is legal with quantity limits. What about distilling[/color]
liquors?

I understand that the 'revinooers' will be after you if you start
distilling your own hooch.


Ray

<junkmail01@intertainiaREMOVE.com> wrote in message
news:evbka05g02bc4siucbi08e7spsp0ufje23@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Tue, 18 May 2004 03:22:23 GMT, "Cris J" <madmerlyn@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >I'm thinking about getting into distillery, but I don't know much[/color][/color]
about the[color=blue][color=green]
> >laws, especially in CA. I know that brewing beer and wine for[/color][/color]
personal[color=blue][color=green]
> >consumption is legal with quantity limits. What about distilling[/color][/color]
liquors?[color=blue][color=green]
> >[/color]
>
> I don't know about CA laws, but I've been told home distilation is
> illegal. If you form a company and went professionally into it, you
> can become licensed, but there are many legal issues with taxes and
> quality control. Quality control since distilling at the wrong temp
> can blind or even kill.
>
> Might want to just stick with the beer and wine home operation.
>
> later,
>
> tom[/color]

How can distilling at the wrong temperature blind or kill? It sounds
like you are talking about methanol, but distilling regular sour mash or
whatever at the wrong temperature isn't going to cause methanol to form.


Ray

>How can distilling at the wrong temperature blind or kill? It sounds
like you are talking about methanol, but distilling regular sour mash or
whatever at the wrong temperature isn't going to cause methanol to form.
<

correct.

--
groeten van Bart