[Noisebridge-discuss] Distillation Class

[Jonathan Foote]

I'm not a lawyer, but the short answer on legality would seem to be
NO, at least according to the feds:

http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/faq.shtml#s7

Which is a shame -- ask me about my solar brandy sometime -- but
perhaps let's not give the revenooers an excuse.

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com> wrote:
> All -
>
> I've received a ton of requests to teach people how to distill. So, now
> we're going to do it :). I've got a sweet 20L glass still that we'll be
> using for this. Its great for teaching since you can see everything that is
> happening, and thus control is much much simpler than those ones you see in
> the 'shiners backyards. A basic outline of what I'm planning on teaching in
> the class is as follows:
>
> Overview of what distilling is, what it does, and why it works
> Things you can distill, and what you can expect out of the other side
> Intro to the still, and why thermodynamics are your friend...even if you
> don't know what those are yet.
> Post- and pre- processing operations, and why your really do need to do them
> (a.k.a. Brita filters are useful)
> And of course...hands on use of the still, and a chance to try the fruits of
> your labor!
>
> Vote for your favorite date for the class at the following wiki page:
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Distilled
>
> A quick note on legality. The short answer is - *yes*. Owning and operating
> a still is legal in CA. Part 23367 of the ABC code allows for this. There
> are lots of things you can make in a still - like distilled water, or oil
> extracts...so yes, there has to be a provision to allow people to own and
> operate their own distilling equipment for these reasons. Full text of the
> current ABC code can be found here:
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=23001-24000&file=23355-23405.3
>
> Sean
>
>
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