Once you've bought all those things – including the sugar, the water, the yeast, sanitation, the parts of the still – you already have spent enough money to buy several bottles of fine liquor from people who know what they're doing. It's not an economical solution if someone really just wants liquor. The same principle applies to beer making, which wasn't always legal without licensing, and most brewers are doing it for the art & science aspects of it. Since legalization of unlicensed brewing, we haven't seen everyone run out to buy tools to make their own beer.
Also, I'd never heard of that prohibition. It's pretty crazy how often history repeats itself in various ways.
Also, I'd never heard of that prohibition. It's pretty crazy how often history repeats itself in various ways.