Friday, March 20, 2009

Good Ole Popcorn Bought The Farm

Gone to His Holy, Holy Still - Slashfood
The nation's best-known moonshiner has died just days before he was to report to federal prison....
Legal or not, Popcorn -- who got his name by destroying a bar's 10-cent popcorn machine with a pool cue -- practiced an artisan's craft producing thousands of gallons of white dog in handmade stills hidden in the hillsides of North Carolina and Tennessee.

Watch the vid for some back woods still action.

2 ramblings:

Spike Spiegel said...

Ol' Popcorn sounds like Popeye's Pappy.

Moonshine faux pas: showing up to a still with a plastic container for "takeaway" service; ettiquette demands a genuine Mason jar.

CrankMonkey said...

especially since 180 proof might just dissolve the plastic.

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