US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Re:US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ba... by mothballed on Monday April 13, 2026 @11:37AM (#47753579)

Sub saharan africa already has a very large informal distilling network (especially of bananas), a niche largely reserved for women in many regions (not sure for what the reason is for that exactly).

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Re:US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ba... by Tangurena2 on Monday April 13, 2026 @01:47PM (#47755523)

Probably because it involves some form of cooking, which is a feminine-coded skill.

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Re:US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ba... by IAmBroom on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @02:04PM (#47769036)

Historically, brewing, fermenting, and distilling are all "wife chores", probably because of the feminine-coding you mention... until it becomes highly profitable, at which point men take it away.

Wine has always easy to trade. Mead and ciders, ditto.

Beer/ale, prior to preservative hops, doesn't keep long enough to be viable for intercity trade. The acceptance of hops in a communities' drinkers coincides with a gender change in brewers (documented in PhD dissertations and books).

Distillation always results in a shelf-stable product; ergo it quickly becomes male dominated in a cash society (even supplanting cash in colonial America!).

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