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**Catieliecutty** · 04-23-2010, 05:47 AM

This is some what unrelated but the other thing I would like to see if for the Feds to legalize home distilling of liquor. In 1978 when the Federal government legalized the home brewing of beer we saw a rush of home brewers brewing beer they did not find in the market place and could not buy in the US market. Much of it were type of beers found in Europe but which weren't made in the US given the strangle hold national breweries had on the market and the strict distribution laws of the states. Never the less private enterprise worked and soon there were huge numbers of new start ups offering new and interesting types of beer. Many of these start ups became quite large and now employ hundreds of people (thousands if you include the bottle makers, can makers, packing companies, and distribution companies) so it ended up being a great thing economically.

Why can't we do the same thing with liquor? Why can't we have boutique whiskey, vodka, brandy, etc... Companies operating all over the country? It would seem like a great new local business if the Feds would just get out the way. These are manufactured goods so its a good way to increase American manufacturing at a time when imports are killing American manufacturing.

04-23-2010, 05:47 AM	#26
Catieliecutty Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	This is some what unrelated but the other thing I would like to see if for the Feds to legalize home distilling of liquor. In 1978 when the Federal government legalized the home brewing of beer we saw a rush of home brewers brewing beer they did not find in the market place and could not buy in the US market. Much of it were type of beers found in Europe but which weren't made in the US given the strangle hold national breweries had on the market and the strict distribution laws of the states. Never the less private enterprise worked and soon there were huge numbers of new start ups offering new and interesting types of beer. Many of these start ups became quite large and now employ hundreds of people (thousands if you include the bottle makers, can makers, packing companies, and distribution companies) so it ended up being a great thing economically. Why can't we do the same thing with liquor? Why can't we have boutique whiskey, vodka, brandy, etc... Companies operating all over the country? It would seem like a great new local business if the Feds would just get out the way. These are manufactured goods so its a good way to increase American manufacturing at a time when imports are killing American manufacturing.
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