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Home brewer, 80, sold alcohol to police

An 80-year-old man who made home-brew whisky and bourbon in his garage has been targeted in a police sting. Ref. Source 3

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Selling home made beer, wine, or whiskey without a license can lead you into hot water. I would hope that people who want to make home made alcohol learn from this story.

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Do what I do when making homebrew. Invite friends over for food and drinks and have a tip jar on the bar. Either that or bring over side dishes for dinner.

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Let's hope you're talking about Kool-Aid and not the banned stuff.

I could never understand the fascination of drinking something that has technically already 'spoiled' and soured. In prison they use bread and water with any piece of fruit they can find to make their home brews - yuk!

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I like some of the home brews I have had. I think that anyone who makes it just needs to be careful of who they give it to.

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Only tried to make brandy one time and it didn't come out so good (tried to distill wine bought over the shelf - too many sulfides and my equipment was not good enough to separate it out), but I do occassionally brew some beer. In the US you are allowed to brew 100 gallons per person of legal drinking age living in the home. In Japan, they don't care if you brew at home...just don't sell it (the problem the guy in the article experienced - although moonshine is illegal all the time).

Actually, this year, I want to brew some homemade sake. I just need one more ingredient.

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Why to go through all that when you just can go and buy it? You need to drink only one of the homemade ones and you're completely knocked out!

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You can control the alcohol content of homebrew by controlling the amount of malt added and the choice of yeast used to make the brew. You don't need to go all "malt liquor" levels all the time. Plus, it is actually pretty fun to do and is nice to offer people when they come to visit.