Do you believe the days of bootleggers, backwoods stills, and "white lightning" have passed you by? No way! It's a multimillion-dollar business. But, maybe more crucially for the moonshiners, it is a centuries-old custom passed down from their forefathers. It's a part of their culture and history. While this technique is surprisingly prevalent, it is not necessarily legal. Moonshiners depicts the stories of those who make homemade booze, typically in the forests near their homes using camouflaged equipment, and the local authorities who strive to keep them honest. Viewers will observe rituals that are rarely, if ever, shown on television, such as a moonshiner's sacred rite of passage - firing up the still for the first time. They will also meet legends, such as legendary moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.
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Do you believe the days of bootleggers, backwoods stills, and "white lightning" have passed you by? No way! It's a multimillion-dollar business. But, maybe more crucially for the moonshiners, it is a centuries-old custom passed down from their forefathers. It's a part of their culture and history. While this technique is surprisingly prevalent, it is not necessarily legal. Moonshiners depicts the stories of those who make homemade booze, typically in the forests near their homes using camouflaged equipment, and the local authorities who strive to keep them honest. Viewers will observe rituals that are rarely, if ever, shown on television, such as a moonshiner's sacred rite of passage - firing up the still for the first time. They will also meet legends, such as legendary moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.
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