I agree with you it is fun and educational. However, unauthorized distillation in the US is considered a serious federal crime which is investigated by the Bur

I agree with you it is fun and educational. However, unauthorized distillation in the US is considered a serious federal crime which is investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which tends to do everything with full force military raids that kill their targets and/or result in long prison terms. A license to distill for fuel use only costs $3000 a year. Home distillation is permitted in many countries. In the US it is unlikely as much of the country still believes that alcohol comes from the devil and anyone who drinks is not going to get to heaven. There are still dry counties in which sales of alcohol are not permitted at all, and there are still Sunday laws in place in many areas.