“With the repeal of prohibition distilling alcohol should be perfectly legal. Hope he fights it.”
It is legal. What is illegal is the sale of said alcohol. (At least in most states.) Like someone posted above, it boils down to not paying taxes to our overlords.
Oops, sorry, I am wrong. I was thinking of beer/wine. It is still illegal to distill alcohol... Shouldn’t be...
You can still own a still, though, in most places.
Home winemaking has been legal since the end of Prohibition.
Home brewing was made legal during the Carter Administration.
Home distillation is a Federal crime without a license, (26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 makes it a felony with max fine of $10000 and max imprisonment of 5 years.)
According to the Feds, “There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying excise tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR Part 19.”
http://www.ttb.gov/faqs/genalcohol.shtml
Actually, the use of any still that is not approved (i.e. taxable) by the fedgov is illegal, even for personal use.