The judge’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Hobby Distillers Association against the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (also known as the TTB) last year claiming that the ban ...

Attorneys for The Buckeye Institute delivered arguments Dec. 10 in federal court for an Ohioan who wants to be able to distill liquor at home, despite a federal ban on doing so. Lawyers representing ...

On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas ruled in the case of Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that the longstanding ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews High Court specialist Ilya Shapiro. Evan Golub/Zuma Press Photo: Evan Golub/Zuma Press The Supreme Court is doing an originalist cleanup job on decades ...

In 1791, a proud and hearty band of rabble-rousers in western Pennsylvania protested the first tax ever to be levied on a domestic product by America's new federal government—a tax on the sale of ...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, in his ruling on Wednesday, sided with the Hobby Distillers Association ...

The Buckeye Institute filed a document last month challenging the federal government’s argument that a Newark brewer can’t bring his case to overturn a home-distilling ban forward. John Ream, ...

When people think ‘bourbon whiskey’ they think of Kentucky. No other part of the country is as closely associated with such a uniquely American drink. That’s something Kentuckians should be proud of, ...

As state governments kick off their spring legislative seasons, a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate will attempt to legalize home alcohol distilling. Whether this leads to an uptick in at-home ...

Discover the diverse history of distilling across Indiana and its rebirth as a thriving business. Discover the diverse history of distilling across Indiana and its rebirth as a thriving business.