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At Thanksgiving last year my nephew informed the family gathered around the table that he had a plan to make 'shine and use one of the silos to house his still.
He went on to explain he would only make his brew during the winter telling anyone that asked that the smoke they saw was actually the water stove burning and that he would also explain that the smell was poplar and locust firewood.

MarieL~Sure wished we'd had that info. War is ****.

That would be very expensive liquor. Also incredibly and funny tasting. This has been done in Germany for centuries.

You can buy online a one-gallon distiller for distilling water...ergo, beer to liquor. the possibilities are endless.

Wonder how many men purposely got caught during the Vietnam era making moonshine to avoid the draft?? It was a felony at the time & you couldn't be drafted.....

The ABC store has a great still.

Those little 5 gallon copper stills work great right in your kitchen.

And your friend will be arrested if they catch him :)

Moonshine is considered a distilled alcoholic spirit, and thus illegal in the state of NC without the Distilled Spirits Permit.

If your friend makes his own Beer and Wine though he probably is okay.

You're wrong

I might be wrong but i think you can make it now for personal consumption,I have a friend in Mt Airy who makes it in his Garage at time's with the door open.

A Google search produces some interesting reading.

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Old school, young'uns today could not tote sacks of sugar and chop through the woods. They could not stay off their phones long enough to do anything.

Old Blue once told me the best way to run a moonshiner was to stop and rest when the person he was chasing rested. Old Blue was a character and could spin some yarns from days past.RIP Old Blue!

If you read up on the poppy farmers in Afghanistan, it's interesting how similar their story today is to the stories of the liquor makers around here.

The novelty of making licker seems to amaze lots of young folks today. I guess it is the thrill of doing something you ain't suppose to do and getting by with it. Bootleggin was a job for the poor, hard work, long hours and fairly good money. I ain't going to go into much personal stuff cause I don't want to embarrass my family or expose my family name but just to let you know I have squeezed my share. I have never had to run from the law in a car like in the movies but I have had to cut out a couple of times in the woods. I always laid me out a plan for running and had a back up plan if that one got cut short. I always put running down the branch as a last ditch effort to cover scent. For one thing you muddy up the water and people can tell you come thru there. The other thing is getting your shoes wet ain't too comfortable and wears blisters on your feet. Revenuers like to chase you but don't like to tear up their clothes. I run thru thickets and down hill as much as I could but I never got caught. One time I was the only one that didn't cause when they run in I was hunkered down in some laurels taking a dump. I just set still till the commotion was over and slipped back out by their cars and down the road. It ain't the fun people think it is and I doubt if many young folks today could cut the mustard. Hard, hot, dangerous, and nothing to be proud of in my opinion. Most bootleggin families I know in Wilkes have turned out some pretty mean younguns. Not very ambitious but awfully hard headed. I don't know if it was the licker or hearing all the tales but thats just the way I see it. Drugs ruined licker sales and promoted a whole nother brand of bootleggers. It can't ever be the same again but in some ways I guess you could look back and laugh at some of the stuff that went on.

Just call Tickle in Danville. He will make you up a batch.

i wish i had a couple gallons of good right now

I helped carry several of them to their graves. Many had twenty one 30/06 rounds fired over their graves, some less than a dozen mourners. They were all real men. They were different than the ones in charge of our society today.

Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side...

I knew a lot of the Moonshiners in Wilkes. Some served in our military, some struggled every day here to help their families. They did what they had to in order to survive. Not a single one was born with a silver spoon in their mouth.