The U.S. as a whole has long prohibited individuals from producing any distilled liquors in any house, shed, yard or a ...

In 1791, a proud and hearty band of rabble-rousers in western Pennsylvania protested the first tax ever to be levied on a domestic product by America's new federal government—a tax on the sale of ...

Most of us know that brewing produces beer, but figuring out how it differs from distilling alcohol may be more of a mystery. Both processes begin with the fermentation of grains. Typically, barley is ...