Bottoms up: How the Alabama Legislature learned to love alcohol legislation
Few bills ever flamed out in the inferno that engulfed Mac McCutcheon’s homebrewing legislation on April 26, 2011.
The Monrovia representative s bill was modest. The bill banned homebrewing in dry counties and municipalities, and prohibited commercial sales. People making beer, mead, cider or wine would have to follow federal guidelines on production. But in that framework, it would be legal. 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.