Five years ago, when moonshine rose from the backwaters of Appalachia to star status at cosmopolitan bars around the world, Pat Dillingham and Sean Koffel saw a need to preserve an industry they ...

Like most moonshiners, Trey and Bryan Boggs have colorful stories about copper stills, mountain hideaways and “the recipe.” The only difference is they’re able to tell them. They were the first in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Moonshine has gone legit. Since South Carolina began taxing small distilleries in 2009, allowing entrepreneurs to make legal moonshine, 28 companies have registered with the S.C.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Growing up in Philippi, W.Va., moonshine was part of the local culture for Glen Price. At family reunions or just visiting friends, the spirit with the illegal pedigree was always ...

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 ...

THREE RIVERS AREA — When Tami Edgin took a job as Ed Ward’s assistant, she really had no clue what was to come, because the 83-year-old businessman was full of surprises. What seemed like a normal ...

Since South Carolina began taxing small distilleries in 2009, allowing entrepreneurs to make legal moonshine, 28 companies have registered with the S.C. Department of Revenue – some using recipes ...

The discovery of the 700-square-foot cave may prove the long-held rumors about the North Wilkesboro Speedway are true Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...