"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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>> They have to say that because it's generally illegal to distill your own
>> spirits. It's a taxation issue.
>
> No it's not.
> You are allowed to brew a specific amount of alcohol per year for
> personal consumption only. You just cannot legally sell it without a
> liquor license.
>
> http://www.happymountain.net/the%20law.html

Sorry, Om - take a closer look at the page you cited.

The question is not "brewing" alcoholic beverages, or
even fermenting them in the home - both are legal, up to
a pretty generous total volume, for your own consumption.
What you cannot do, even for your own use, is to DISTILL
the resulting alcoholic beverage into a higher-alcohol-content
liquor, which was the point of the earlier comment. In
simpler terms, it's legal to make wine or beer at home.
You cannot make whisky, vodka, or other distilled
spirits.


Bob M.