Bottoms up: How the Alabama Legislature learned to love alcohol legislation
Few bills ever flamed out in the inferno that engulfed Mac McCutcheonтАЩs homebrewing legislation on April 26, 2011.┬а
The Monrovia representative's bill was modest. The bill banned homebrewing in dry counties and municipalities, and prohibited commercial sales. ┬аPeople making beer, mead, cider or wine would have to follow federal guidelines on production. But in that framework, it would be legal.┬а
"That was a big issue in north Alabama," said Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur. "We have so many engineers who had that as a hobby, and because it was illegal, they could lose their security clearance."┬а