Profile of A Moonshiner (VOA 1999)
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Folk all over the world have their own versions of homemade liquor that will blow the top of your head right off., but “White Lightning” from the stills of Appalachia have their own appeal for Americans who have heard about it through family lore and popular culture, or tasted it in a parking lot or next to a trailer or at a wood burning stove. During a trip to the back-country road trip through Tennessee and North Carolina, I sought out a real “moonshiner,’ and I sure found one in the person of “Popcorn Sutton.” With his long beard, beat up old hat, and impossibly thick mountain accent, he fit the stereotype to a “T.” His booze ain’t bad ‘nuther. I still have some underneath the kitchen sink you are welcome to try. Banana flavored!
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