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 January, police in Alabama arrested a Florida man (yeah, that guy) for allegedly transporting 81 gallons of moonshine. He ...

Making liquor at home has been illegal for more than a century, but a federal appeals court has now struck down that ban. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, whichcovers Texas, Mississippi and ...

Yesterday, in Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, a federal district court in Texas held that federal laws banning distilled spirits plants (aka "stills") in ...

April 2026 brought significant legal and regulatory developments for the alcoholic beverage industry, including a landmark US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision striking down the federal ...

(The Center Square) – A central Ohio man is continuing his battle with the federal government to distill his own alcohol at home. After the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ...

It’s a landmark moment for a Prohibition-era ban. We could be getting closer to making vodka at home. A new decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of ‌Appeals declared a nearly 158-year-old federal ...

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 ...

Whiskey barrels are photographed at Green River Distillery in Owensboro, Ky., on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com Making liquor at home has been illegal for more ...