[Sca-cooks] Hard Liquor ingredients

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Jeff Gedney <gedney1 at iconn.net> wrote:

> 
> Hello William, 
> 
> It is a good idea to go to the source (as I have repeatedly done).
> 
> But I must object a couple of your questions. 
> 
> The first question is a gross mistatement of what was said...
> 
> It was pointed out, several times, on this list, in this conversation, that the mere act of
> freezing an alcoholic beverage is not, in itself, illegal.  So you are intentionally asking a
> question that you should know the answer to already, and which the BATF FAQ site you have been
> referred to has answered already, is no.


I believe the only person who pointed out that freezing an alcoholic beverage wasn't illegal was
myself.  The references which followed in response were clearly pointing to the BATF regulations
that distillation of alcohol 'by any means' is illegal, which would imply, and was implied, that I
could be arrested, convicted, fined and have my entire inventory of meager possessions destroyed
by jack-booted thugs for doing so.  Which is wrong.


> 
> What is illegal is the removal of the unfrozen alcohol from the frozen beverage. That is
> considered distillation according to the BATF. 


We shall see soon enough, I'll wager.  The paranoia-driven point which has been made is that even
the unintentional distillation of alcohol via freezing is grounds for arrest, conviction and
sentencing.  The three questions are framed to answer all three aspects of the discussion:
1)  If I do it unintentionally, do I face prosecution?
2)  If I do it intentionally, in the small amounts we have been discussing, do I face prosecution?
3)  If it turns out that the BATF does consider the intentional distillation of minute amounts of
alcohol a violation, will they, in fact, waste hundreds of man-hours to investigate, prosecute,
sentence and incarcerate me.

Remember, we are not talking about a full-fledged still here...or even major ice-distillation
program.  We were discussing mead frozen in ice-cube trays, with the small amount of alcohol
poured off to bolster another batch of mead.



William de Grandfort



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Through teeth of sharks, the Autumn barks.....and Winter squarely bites me.


		
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