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Tennessee lawmaker's bill would end 158-year ban on home distilling

Rep. Harshbarger introduced the Freedom to Home Distill Act, citing laws that already allow homebrewing beer and wine and Tennessee's longstanding distilling and moonshine tradition.

Knoxville News-Sentinel · August 31, 2026

For more than 150 years, Americans have been barred from legally distilling spirits at home, but U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-TN, recently introduced legislation that would overturn the federal prohibition and legalize home distillation. Harshbarge

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