Moonshine Stills in the News

Hillbilly Rebel · Post by **Hillbilly Rebel** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:57 pm

We all talk about how law enforcement is not really interested in the person distilling for their own use and enjoyment. But, arrests do occurr and they make the news. If you see where a still has been seized and it is covered as a news item, post it with a link so that we can get an idea as to what gets the local law enforcement interest. For example, here is a link to a North Carolina seizure in 2002: http://www.wral.com/News/1444131/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow.

Hillbilly Rebel · Post by **Hillbilly Rebel** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:24 pm

Thought you guys might be interested in some of these old photos of moonshine and moonshine stills. They are located on the bottom on the first page of this site. http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/abt/photos/index.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Hillbilly Rebel · Post by **Hillbilly Rebel** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:27 am

Prohibition era seizures near Ashland, Kentucky. These old boys were not pussyfooting around! http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/results.p ... SOROOT=all" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:59 am

Hillbilly Rebel wrote:These old boys were not pussyfooting around!

Man, you aint just whistlin dixie. what ya recon?, sizes from 40 to 100 gallon boilers. If a guy could find them boilers and was handy with a body hammer, torch and soldier, oh the possibilities.

Damn shame they had to fill them with axe holes.

Hillbilly Rebel · Post by **Hillbilly Rebel** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:46 pm

My guess is that the still in the middle in the picture in front of the Catlettsburg Courthouse in over 100 gallons. In the one photo labeled raid of a moonshine still 2 to 3 miles out of Ashland, I counted 50 mash barrels and three stills. Also, you can see that they are using a doubler in the same photo. The still cap is a unique design for me, I haven't seen that particular style before.