Distillation is one of the oldest methods of water treatment and is still in use today, though not commonly as a home treatment method. It can effectively remove many contaminants from drinking water, ...

L ast year a federal judge ruled a 156-year-old ban on home distilling was unconstitutional. Even if the Department of Justice loses its current appeal of that ruling, that still leaves many state ...

One of the legal concerns about the home brewing of moonshine is if distillers sell it and don’t pay the necessary taxes. But Meredith said the distillers he knows consider it a pastime ...