West Virginia is very much Bible Belt. Drive through the most remote back roads and places not on the map and you will find homespun churches aplenty, "Holiness Bible Church" "Holy Ghost Bible Temple "Primitive Baptist House of Worship".
If you look at the charts, the Bible Belt in general has the fewest drinkers. I used to live in a county famous for its moonshine, but no drinking problems. Most of the 'shine was produced for "export". LOL.
I think there was a time when Jack Daniels was actually distilled in a "dry" county. You could make booze, just not buy it.
“I think there was a time when Jack Daniels was actually distilled in a “dry” county. You could make booze, just not buy it.“
It still is. I believe they voted in beer and wine a while back, but no hard liquor.
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