David Goldman
in this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, distiller Bob Suchke checks the clarity of a batch of genuine corn whisky before its tempered 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)
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.