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Home Distilling Gets Legal | Bristol Virginia News
Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger is reviving home distillation with a bold new bill — the Freedom to Home Distill Act — aiming to modernize a 1865 law that bans making spirits at home. The proposal would grant home distillers the same rights as homebrewers and winemakers, allowing up to ten gallons per person or twenty gallons per household annually — strictly for personal use, no selling allowed. It also exempts qualifying home stills from federal registration and removes criminal penalties, while letting states retain their own regulations. Harshbarger argues this restores a cherished…
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