[Noisebridge-discuss] Distillation Class

[Sean Cusack]

Who said anything about distilling alcohol? Distilling spirits is illegal.
Operating a still is legal. The class is how to operate a still.

Sean

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

> 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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