Mastodawn

" #US appeals court declares 158-year-old home #distilling ban unconstitutional"

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional-2026-04-10/

If you're excited about this: please be careful. Amateurs can give themselves methanol poisoning. If you're going to do this, educate yourself

I'll also make a wider hopeful political observation:

This is a country that once made #alcohol illegal. It was stupid. This is the final nail in the coffin

Meaning:

Stop believing the #USA's ills are eternal

Some changes just take time

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draNgNon 2d ago

@benroyce they didn't just declare alcohol illegal...

they made it unconstitutional. that's something to remember, amendments can be amended

[EDIT to change pronoun to noun in 1st sentence clause]

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Crystal

@draNgNon @benroyce
not merely the ethanol and methanol trouble with the chemistry, but the other problem in the old days was the problem of poorly constructed and inexpertly operated stills having a tendency to explode into flames.