Methanol poisoning stories in the news almost exclusively result from people trying to sell denatured or industrial alcohol. The biggest risk in home distilling is fire.
Seems like these sorts of "yes it could be unsafe in theory but the reality of physics and incentives make this mostly irrelevant" type things get missed far too often certain parts of the internet to be coincidence.
That said, the fact that it dropped on a weekend did it no favors the first time around.
> [Judge Edith Jones] also said that under the government’s logic, Congress could criminalize virtually any in-home activity
joshstrange•1h ago
ckemere•52m ago
(Except for relevant connections around sharing your creations with neighbors and/or internationally inspired novel spirits.)
wing-_-nuts•7m ago
If you air dropped me into a random village in Africa I doubt I could 'code for cassava' but I could almost certainly make a living if I knew how to set up a basic pot still and safely create booze.