I would certainly check on the law but as I understand it as long as you keep production under a set limit, I understood it to be anything less than fifteen gallons, but be sure to double check, and your not selling it, your legal.
Of course if you cross that line in amount and for sales the regulations get to be complicated and penalties severe. But even then, as I understand it, if you denature the alcohol by adding various ingredients to make it unsuitable for drinking, you can avoid having to get alcohol tax stamps as you would for liquor.
From the government's
website: Spirits
You cannot produce spirits for beverage purposes without paying taxes and without prior approval of paperwork to operate a distilled spirits plant. [See 26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 for some of the criminal penalties.] There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying special tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR Part 19.
Spirits may be produced for non-beverage purposes for fuel use only without payment of tax, but you also must file an application, receive TTB's approval, and follow requirements, such as construction, use, records and reports. In other words: No.
This makes me very sad.
-Blast
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