Alcohol Regulation
US appeals court strikes down Reconstruction-era federal ban on home distilling as unconstitutional
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A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that a longstanding federal prohibition on distilling spirits at home cannot be justified as an exercise of Congress’s taxing power, siding with the Hobby Distillers Association and four of its members.
A Georgia Senate bill allowing small breweries to self-distribute beer locally died in committee on Tuesday despite advocacy from craft brewers. Senate Bill 456, sponsored by Sen. Tim Bearden, aimed to let producers sell up to 500 barrels annually within county lines but faced opposition from distributors and health experts. The measure failed to advance after no second to a motion supporting it.