On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas ruled in the case of Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that the longstanding ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 21st Amendment ending 13 years of Prohibition, he was not primarily motivated by the hysteria around organized crime, nor the tragedy of the ...

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, ...

Saying 'yes' comes easily for Kathryn Langford — and it's made all the difference in discovering new passions. The Arizona native landed in the Quad-Cities in 2008. It was a spur-of-the-moment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Kell is a writer who's covered spirits for over a decade. Canadian-based Eau Claire Distillery was founded in 2013 and sells ...