Moonshine makers set up shop in Georgia city hall

By Jeff Martin, Associated Press

Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 | 2:06 p.m.

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — 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 brewed in homes and micro-breweries. The Dawsonville moonshine makers and city officials say the operation helps preserve ...

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By doogie (robert duggan)

Nov. 17, 2012

3:37 p.m.

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I worked in Georgia 3 times, and most of the residents make a "box of rocks" seem smart. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville was a great driver, but most of the people work in lousy low paid jobs scratching by at best. Grandmothers by age 34. Racists, too. And of course, Republicans. It was like living in Hooterville combined with F Troop....