A 2023 bill that would have legalized home distilling for personal use died in an Ohio Senate committee. Even if the state law had passed, home distilling would likely still violate federal law. Ohio ...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, in his ruling on Wednesday, sided with the Hobby Distillers Association ...

The Buckeye Institute filed a document last month challenging the federal government’s argument that a Newark brewer can’t bring his case to overturn a home-distilling ban forward. John Ream, ...

John Ream owns and operates Trek Brewing Company in Newark. He is represented by The Buckeye Institute in Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury. Benjamin Franklin may not have actually said it, but ...

NEWARK − Trek Brewing Co. owner John Ream filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Department of the Treasury, asking the court to overturn the government's ban on home distilling of alcohol ...

Sarah and Marko Suput opened Rock 12 in March 2023 and live with their children on the 11-acre Lompoc farm that supports the distillery. Credit: Rock 12 photo While it’s not Santa Barbara County’s ...