Federal judge rules 150-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 law banning home distilling was unconstitutional. In his ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman sided with lawyers for the Hobby Distillers Association, a group that advocates for legalizing the production of distilled spirits such as whiskey and bourbon for personal consumption, arguing that the […]