Bust in South Carolina

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Jumpin’ Jesus. Them fellas needed to have their operation busted up. Anyone that makes anything in that sorta filth should be in jail. Kinda people that would shoot ducks on the ground, just dishonest.
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Hot damn!!
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Them boy's ain't got no pride
Rigs like that give moonshiners a bad name
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shadylane wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:17 am Them boy's ain't got no pride
Rigs like that give moonshiners a bad name
+1 I have never seen anything that bad posted on this forum!
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Better pictures from this article..
https://www.thestate.com/news/state/sou ... 67453.html

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I thought you guys may have been exaggerating a bit on the conditions. NOPE, not at all. What a shit hole operation they were running. Steel barrel stills?

Wonder how much free rust accompanied each quart of moonshine they made?
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Shoot
That rust is known as rapid aging round them parts.

To be honest, I don’t even want to think about the taste of that toxic waste. :sick:
And to think, people actually pay for that shit?!?
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The only thing worse then being the guys getting busted (if ever) will be to have known those guys and purchased or shared some of their hooch. I'd probably be throwing up in my own mouth as soon as I saw those pics.

Makes me half sick just looking at the pics.
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They should've followed the forum rules! Good lord that's a mess. This is why laws exist to regulate commercial operations.
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Holy cow. What a mess. Are we sure it isn't just some old equipment at a old still site? Doesn't look like anything that has been used recently. The bad thing is that if we have any chance of ever getting home distilling legalised, clowns like these are what the law and govt. use as examples. (banghead)
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it was apparently full of mash and distillate, so it must be active.

I can't understand what the market is for that kind of stuff. The bottom shelf of legal hooch at the county store is already so cheap. Cheaper than I can make at home. It just seems like it wouldn't be worth the trouble to make terrible tasting stuff illegally.
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MtRainier wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:26 pm it was apparently full of mash and distillate, so it must be active.

I can't understand what the market is for that kind of stuff. The bottom shelf of legal hooch at the county store is already so cheap. Cheaper than I can make at home. It just seems like it wouldn't be worth the trouble to make terrible tasting stuff illegally.

I know right.
I remember Goose said one time (and I'm paraphrasing), that ole boys shouldn't have an outfit that was so dear, that they'd have regrets about having to abandon it.
This one here sure seems to be an outfit that has checked that box.
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LWTCS wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:00 pm
I know right.
I remember Goose said one time (and I'm paraphrasing), that ole boys shouldn't have an outfit that was so dear, that they'd have regrets about having to abandon it.
This one here sure seems to be an outfit that has checked that box.
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