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Although legal spirits in the Tar Heel state only go back about ten years, making liquor in North Carolina is not new. Wilkes County, which was once dubbed the Moonshine Capital of the World, was the leading producer of illegal liquor for decades. In 1965, Tom Wolfe's article in EsquireThe Last American Hero is Junior Johnson. Yes!made the area nationally famous.

Today descendants of famous moonshiners are now respectable craft distillers carrying on the family traditionpeople like Brian Call, the master distiller at Call Family Distillers, who is descended from Reverend Daniel Call, who sold his still seven generations ago to burgeoning entrepreneur Jack Daniels. Brian is the son of the legendary Willie Clay The Uncatchable Call, who hung around with Junior Johnson and whose favorite cara 1961 Chrysler New Yorker fitted with toggle switches that kill the brake lights, is on display at the distillery today. Today, the Calls make a 101-proof sour mash moonshine as well as straw

Still Barrel Craft Spirits in the Old North

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      Publisher: John F Blair Publisher
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/06/2017
      ISBN13: 9780895876836, 978-0895876836
      ISBN10: 0895876833

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Although legal spirits in the Tar Heel state only go back about ten years, making liquor in North Carolina is not new. Wilkes County, which was once dubbed the Moonshine Capital of the World, was the leading producer of illegal liquor for decades. In 1965, Tom Wolfe's article in EsquireThe Last American Hero is Junior Johnson. Yes!made the area nationally famous.

      Today descendants of famous moonshiners are now respectable craft distillers carrying on the family traditionpeople like Brian Call, the master distiller at Call Family Distillers, who is descended from Reverend Daniel Call, who sold his still seven generations ago to burgeoning entrepreneur Jack Daniels. Brian is the son of the legendary Willie Clay The Uncatchable Call, who hung around with Junior Johnson and whose favorite cara 1961 Chrysler New Yorker fitted with toggle switches that kill the brake lights, is on display at the distillery today. Today, the Calls make a 101-proof sour mash moonshine as well as straw

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