Posted on 12/18/2020 6:54:38 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
RAINSVILLE, Ala. - Sheriff’s officials say they’ve busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the town of Rainsville on Thursday. Investigators then uncovered what’s described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Photos released by investigators show glass containers, buckets, a fermenting rack and other equipment often used by people who make wine at home.
The agency says officers seized a lot of illegal alcohol, and arrests are expected. The town of about 5,100 people is 100 miles northeast of Birmingham.
“I want to thank the mayor for his cooperation and willingness to allow law enforcement to do our job and shut something like this down,” Sheriff Nick Welden said in a statement. “This is definitely one of the biggest operations we’ve seen in our county and possibly our state.”
It’s legal to make limited amounts of wine at home in Alabama, but it’s illegal to have more than 15 gallons of homemade wine or beer at a time.
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This photo provided by The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office shows an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in Rainsville, Ala. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the small north Alabama town on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Mmmm, I could go for a fine Merlot, with just a hint of rat feces...
That just stinks
Prune wine?
Rainsville is about 70 miles from me. Lots of good Baptists in that area. And the snake-handlers are just down the mountain in Jackson County.
Do they stomp their own grapes? Hope they wash their feet first
A winery at a sewage plant? Who would buy such a wine?
Life imitates art!..............
Jeremy Pruitt, head coach for the University of Tennessee football team is from there
“It’s legal to make limited amounts of wine at home in Alabama, but it’s illegal to have more than 15 gallons of homemade wine or beer at a time.”
All about control & taxes.
But try to find a story about the illegal pot export operation in Oregon originating from growers with ‘excess’ ganga...
What is their motto?
“Our wine tastes like crap?”
Sludge Winery: “With a bouquet of raw sewage, our wines definitely taste like sh*t. Try our flagship brand, 2-Buck Yuck.”
“It’s in the water!”
You’ve heard of bathtub gin?
That’s about 70 gallons of dago red under airlock.
Now that’s one wine I think I’ll “regift” to some despised relative this Christmas.
Ooooo that smell
2020 was a vintage year. What better wine to toast it out.
Dont forget “My Milorganite”
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