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 ...

Two federal courts reached opposite conclusions on whether Congress can criminalize homemade liquor production under its ...

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 ...

Tue, April 14, 2026 at 4:01 AM UTC A federal appeals court just handed a major win to homebrewers. On Friday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans struck down a nearly 158-year-old ...

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A U.S. Appellate Court ended a Reconstruction-era ban on making spirits at home. The prohibition was challenged by Hobby Distillers and four of its members, who said they wanted to produce spirits as ...

A federal appeals court has struck down the nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, declaring the Reconstruction-era prohibition an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’ taxing authority ...