When I was a kid we lived in Monroe NC, and I remember a tourist site someplace within driving distance that was reputed to be the biggest moonshine distillery in the Nation. The exhaust from multiple stills was routed through a hog farm and nobody ever thought much about a stinky steaming pile out in the sty. The were probably feeding the used mash to the hogs too.
North Carolinians can be so resourceful! All from the land of John Edwards, Jim and Tammie Faye Bakker, and the Mary Kaye Cathedral...
And, mercifully, Jesse Helms. Pretty bad shine from Monroe, in general. Market was Charlotte, non discriminating palates. Best stuff is in VA/NC mtn borders.