389 | It's Time to Legalize Home Distilling | Guest: Robert Alt

About this episode

Matt Kibbe discusses the potential legalization of home distilling with Robert Alt, exploring its implications for the craft spirits market.

When Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in the 1970s, it unleashed a wave of American innovation that changed the craft beer market forever. Now, there is an opportunity to do the same thing with distilled spirits. Matt Kibbe talks with Robert Alt, president of the Buckeye Institute, about a case making its way to the Supreme Court that would allow Americans to distill their own gin, rum, and whiskey at home, paving the way for a new movement of craft distillers to disrupt the liquor market and bring fresh ideas to a thirsty, thirsty public.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Kibbe

Guest: Robert Alt

Topics covered

• home distilling
• craft spirits
• legalization
• innovation
• liquor market
• American history

Keywords

• home distilling
• craft distillers
• liquor market
• Supreme Court
• American innovation
• gin
• rum
• whiskey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Buckeye Institute

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