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Franklin County Moonshine Stills 28 Feb 2012 | 07:00 pm
Like This! Tweet Note: I found these photos on my hard drive from a walk I did last August. It’s not really this green in February. Franklin County, Virginia has been called the Moonshine Capital o...
Philpott Lake Ranger Talks – Moonshine 23 Feb 2012 | 04:44 am
Like This! Tweet If you are going to be in SW Virginia this weekend, you should swing by the Philpott Lake Visitor Center to see a presentation on moonshine. The event is this Saturday, February 25 ...
What Does the XXX on Moonshine Jugs Mean? 16 Feb 2012 | 11:46 am
Like This! Tweet The XXX on moonshine jugs is a classic symbol. It has been caricatured and cartooned many times in modern portrayals of the moonshiner. Everyone instinctively knows that “XXX” writt...
Moonshine Heritage One Year Anniversary 21 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
Like This! Tweet Today marks the one year anniversary of Moonshine Heritage. One year ago today I bought the domain MoonshineHeritage.com and published my first post (which had been written a few we...
Carolina ShineFest 2011 26 Aug 2011 | 05:29 am
Like This! Tweet The third annual Carolina ShineFest was held July 30-31 in Madison, NC over the course of a very hot weekend. The event, organized by the Southern Culture Society, attracted about 3...
5 Ways to Tell If That Pile of Garbage You Found in the Woods Is a Moonshine Still 11 Jul 2011 | 10:00 pm
Like This! Tweet So you’ve found a rusting heap of metal in the woods and you think it’s an old moonshine still. But how can you tell? Since most moonshine operations are decades old, you’ll typica...
Video: Moonshine Culture in Appalachia 8 Jul 2011 | 01:00 am
Like This! Tweet Here’s a great video about the history of moonshine in the Appalachians. It’s actually from the DVD bonus features included on The Last One , the documentary about Popcorn Sutton an...
Snowbird Mill – Historic Mill on Jordan Creek 30 Jun 2011 | 05:00 am
Like This! Tweet On Sunday, a friend gave me some information about a historic mill on Jordan Creek in Henry County, Virginia. The mill is a long forgotten structure, swallowed up by the forest 50 y...
The Moonshine Stills of Turkeycock Mountain Pt.3 24 Jun 2011 | 02:00 am
Like This! Tweet Turkeycock Mountain lies on the eastern border of Franklin and Henry County, Virginia and the ridgeline of the mountain marks the county line. The mountain has a long history of moo...
The Foxfire Book: The Original How To Make Moonshine Guide 15 Jun 2011 | 06:42 am
Like This! Tweet Before the Internet, if you were a city boy and you wanted to learn how to make moonshine, you went down to the library and checked out The Foxfire Book . In the late 60′s, in the m...
