Hard to imagine being able to haul enough shine in that to make it worthwhile.
Back then at $20/gal, you could easily haul 100 gallons. That's $2000 per run. What did the car cost.... 6K-7K? Pay for the car in 3 or 4 runs.
There are expenses to be subtracted.
Popcorn Sutton was never rich. Not from shine anyway.
What you said is true, but remember Sutton was small time. Most of the still you see are 15-30 gallon cookers. Think big!
500 gal or larger cookers and 8 or 10 of them at one site.
Copied and pasted.... The still was capable of producing 1,800 gallons of illicit whiskey each week and was the biggest operation local officials can remember ever being found in the county, he said. The distillery consisted of 16 800-gallon "blackpot" stills and one 400-gallon still.
