[Noisebridge-discuss] Distillation Class

[Shannon Lee]

I'm so totally in.

--S

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Sean Cusack <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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