White lightning, mountain dew, firewater - you know it as the illicit substance made in secret by tax-dodging mountain men and drunk by people looking to alter their reality in a serious way. But ...

DUNCAN FALLS — Steve Watson was looking for a less painful hobby following a martial arts injury a few years ago when he came across distilling, the art and science of turning raw ingredients like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The production of moonshine — or really any spirit — without a license is prohibited by the U.S. government and is very much ...

Call it white lightning, white dog, corn dog, hooch, mountain dew, or corn likker. Some people even call it moonshine. But if you do that around Thomas McKenzie, the distiller at Finger Lakes ...

MADISON, N.C. — Joseph Michalek makes liquor the old-fashioned way, slowly heating corn mash in a large copper still. As for the rest of his moonshine operation, he steers clear of Southern mountain ...

Far down a rough, narrow gravel road surrounded by corn fields and tall vegetation sits the family-owned Casey Jones Distillery. The smell of yeast, like freshly baked bread, fills the humid air while ...

REIDVILLE — Sitting on the corner of a four-way stop, a brick building that predates the Civil War presently houses a small-batch, handmade corn whiskey operation. Bob and Kat Jordan moved to ...

MARION, Va. - If you're from this region you don't need to be told that the best moonshine whiskey comes from the mountains that surround us, But now there's more proof. A Marion, Virginia distillery ...