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 ...

America is enjoying its greatest DIY movement in decades. Knitting, gardening, preserving and home brewing all are enjoying tremendous popularity. “Farm to fork” is the new hipster mantra. Also ...

An Ohio brewery owner is challenging the federal ban on home distilling in court. The business owner states he only wants to experiment with making whiskey for personal use, not for sale. A previous ...

Last year a federal judge ruled a 156-year-old ban on home distilling was unconstitutional. Even if the Department of Justice loses its current appeal of that ruling, that still leaves many state laws ...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, in his ruling on Wednesday, sided with the Hobby Distillers Association ...

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 ...