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Why is it serious offence to distil alcohol, yet it's perfectly legal to buy NGS? Neutral grain spirit. Odd.
Says who?Why is it serious offence to distil alcohol, yet it's perfectly legal to buy NGS? Neutral grain spirit. Odd.
Says who?
As long as you have a licence and pay duty, it's legal....?The tax man I would guess!
It's not an offense/illegal if you have a license I would guess! I just presumed that Eddie meant that the normal average Joe at home can't distil.As long as you have a licence and pay duty, it's legal....?
Just like it's illegal for the average Joe to drive a car, unless.......It's not an offense/illegal if you have a license I would guess! I just presumed that Eddie meant that the normal average Joe at home can't distil.
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As long as you have a licence and pay duty, it's legal....?
Because distillation can cause fire, and even explosion?
Because distillation produces methanol (at the start anyway) and, if the distiller doesn't get it right, the produced alcohol can cause blindness if drunk?
Indeed, however there are no such limitations on brewing / fermenting. Very archaic law 're distilling.
homebrew is considered a small-time, non-commercial activity.
But bootleg spirits, because of the tax avoided, is a criminal activity very popular in some places, and sometimes dangerous.
Is neutral grain spirit also used in making some more of the 'softer' booze?Ok, so why are you allowed to buy the base materials, no questions asked?