It's the Law

Here in the good old US of A, a person can legally:

own a still

make corn mash

possess distilled spirits made from corn mash

But, here in the good old US of A, a person cannot legally:

distill spirits from corn mash

Now ain't that weird?

Oh, well, President Reagan pardoned Junior Johnson for doing said same.

Get you a copper kettle
Get you a copper coil
Cover it with corn mash
And nevermore you'll toil.