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Looks like the old tradition is still going strong. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/196371.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/196372.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/196373.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/196374.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/196375.jpg) Moonshine operation shut down in Bullock County
By Ashley Bowerman
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 7:21 PM CDT|Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 10:15 PM CDT
BULLOCK COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A moonshine still in Bullock County is now out of business. Authorities uncovered and shut down the illegal operation Wednesday.
“We’ve cost them a lot of money here today,” said Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas.
30 barrels of mash and a vat full of distilled moonshine were found and destroyed by the Pike County and Bullock County Sheriff’s Offices.
“If you don’t destroy it, they’ll reuse it,” Thomas said.
The still was found about two miles down a dirt road off County Road 37, which is just off Highway 231. The still was found in Bullock County, but the road that led to it was in Pike County, which is why both offices are involved.
Deputies destroyed about $5,000 worth of material being used to run the operation. It’s estimated the still was able to generate about 600 gallons of moonshine per batch, bringing in about $5,000 worth of moonshine a week.
Officials say the property owner likely had no idea the still was on their land. Investigators are still working to find those who were running the operation.
Bullock County Sheriff Raymond “Buck” Rodgers said moonshine stills don’t follow health and safety regulations and if made with the wrong equipment, can be deadly.
“People actually they drink this stuff, and then you know you can get lead poisoning. I have people that have died from lead poison because of drinking moonshine,” Rodgers said. “It’s not a healthy drink because it’s not manufactured the right way.”
Sheriff Thomas and Sheriff Rodgers were unsure of how long the still had been in business, but believe it had been there a while based on its setup, and the decay of surrounding trees from the runoff. Thomas believes it had been run within hours of the bust because it was warm to the touch.
Most moonshine is made from corn in the south, but this particular still was using rye.
The sheriff’s offices say operating moonshine still is a felony, and punishable by up to five years in prison. From WSFA 12 News
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Im sure its all about public saftey and has nothing to do with the state not getting their cut
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Looks like they were making sugarhead or something. The rye doesn't even look like it was ground up.
When I make beer, I make sure the barley is ground fine.
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When I was a kid in rural Tenn. in the 1950's, moonshining and the law was simply a cat and mouse game with few if any hard feelings. Both sides might sit on the same pew the following Sunday. One would just build in a new location and the game would begin again.
One knew something was up if he saw 2 or 3 shiny black Dodges idling down a rural dirt road. The locals couldn't afford rigs like that. Another hint was an abundance of area specific low-level small aircraft traffic. Following a bust, the kids would miss a day or two of school while the family got things back in order.
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Heroically saving us from untaxed liquor.
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Im sure its all about public saftey and has nothing to do with the state not getting their cut Everything is about the government getting a cut.
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Heros.
Heroically saving us from untaxed liquor. Like the ones that save us from Amish milk.
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and every copper there is on his cell phone.
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Hopefully the local govt's that recently created recreational Marijuana taxes will create enforcement divisions to collect the taxes.
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Heroically saving us from untaxed liquor. Like the ones that save us from Amish milk. That schit has broken up so many marriages that I say good riddance! Louis Pasteur was a hero!
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Gonna be lots of drunken wildlife in the area after cleaning up all the mash !
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and every copper there is on his cell phone. Most of the PD’s had good size guts.
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Don't know much about moonshinnin,what's the wrap on the barrels for ?
Looks like frost blankets
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At $8.34 a GALLON…..everyone can afford to get drunk.
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Im sure its all about public saftey and has nothing to do with the state not getting their cut no one uses anything with lead anymore.
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At $8.34 a GALLON…..everyone can afford to get drunk. we get 35 a quart.
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It’s all about the government’s cut.
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and every copper there is on his cell phone. But they're Feds, and Feds are bad to the bone.
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“People actually they drink this stuff, and then you know you can get lead poisoning. I have people that have died from lead poison because of drinking moonshine,” Rodgers said. “It’s not a healthy drink because it’s not manufactured the right way.” Lyin mfcker.
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Every bit as safe as a good batch of bathtub meth.
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