DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Moonshine distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s city hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law.
A handful of moonshine distilleries are scattered around the South, but observers say this is the first they’ve ever seen right in a city hall. The distilleries come amid an increased interest in the U.S. for locally made specialty spirits and beer.
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In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, distiller Dwight Bearden stands over a condenser barrel while making a batch of genuine corn whisky moonshine in the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery in Dawsonville, Ga. Distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, distiller Dwight Bearden stands over a condenser barrel while making a batch of genuine corn whisky moonshine in the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery in Dawsonville, Ga. Distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, distiller Dwight Bearden stands over a condenser barrel while making a batch of genuine corn whisky moonshine in the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery in Dawsonville, Ga. Distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
