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Famed moonshiner kills self to avoid jail
AJC ^ | March 18, 2009 | AP

Posted on 03/19/2009 6:02:38 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Famed Appalachian moonshiner Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times as his hillbilly beard and overalls, took his own life rather than go to prison for making white lightning, his widow says.

“He couldn’t go to prison. His mind would just not accept it. … So I credit the federal government for my husband being dead, I really do,” Pam Sutton told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday from the couple’s home in the Parrottsville community, about 50 miles east of Knoxville.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: alcohol; moonshining; popcorn; suicide
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To: airborne

yep were the only country in he world that cannot make whiskey legally


41 posted on 03/19/2009 6:34:08 AM PDT by jrd
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
More on Tennessee’s Favorite Son, ‘Popcorn.’ ;)

He's from Carolina hon.

42 posted on 03/19/2009 6:34:54 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Maybe we should elect illegals to congress to cut costs.)
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To: Nathan Zachary
When pot is “legalized” we will see old hippie potheads being hauled off to jail in his place. I wonder what their nicknames will be...Pothead? Dopehead? Hacking Hal?

John "Cheetos" Doe, he was busted when the Feds followed the cheez-dust trail back to his hideout.

43 posted on 03/19/2009 6:34:57 AM PDT by this_ol_patriot (I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Good post and I agree.


44 posted on 03/19/2009 6:35:48 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Maybe we should elect illegals to congress to cut costs.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

I sure hope they don’t try to cremate him.....


45 posted on 03/19/2009 6:36:25 AM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"There a guy hereabouts who can make white liquor. Its something around 170 proof and does a great job on paint brushes."

If he's only getting 170 proof then he's doing something wrong. You should be able to produce 195 proof on the second run if you are doing it right. Then you cut that 50% with water and your favorite flavoring to protect your liver.

46 posted on 03/19/2009 6:36:42 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Tennessee_Bob

My first husband & I went to visit his family in Tennessee one year, and every home we went to they offered up their own shine (with the comment that this is better than ole so-n-so’s).

Most of it was pretty good. I liked the charcoal stuff best.


47 posted on 03/19/2009 6:37:27 AM PDT by TheMom (I'm gonna be a grandma!)
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To: this_ol_patriot

LoL! perfect.


48 posted on 03/19/2009 6:37:37 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: jrd

I thought we could make it we just couldn’t sell it.


49 posted on 03/19/2009 6:41:46 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Vigilantcitizen
Back in my boozin’ days some guy bought some up from somewhere down south, I actually thought the stuff was fantastic. I was surprised how smooth it was. White Lighting I mean, although I enjoy popping corn too.
50 posted on 03/19/2009 6:41:52 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Nathan Zachary
When pot is “legalized” we will see old hippie potheads being hauled off to jail in his place.

Distill it. That will be more in his honor. Need to know how to make a good still?

Ummm..nevermind.

51 posted on 03/19/2009 6:42:28 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Maybe we should elect illegals to congress to cut costs.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Illicit stills threaten two streams of government revenue - sin taxes and fuel taxes (the latter to soon be supplemented substantially as to reflect carbon emissions costs). Dual brigades of the morality police (enviros and the usual busybodies), in addition to the revenue collectors, have dogs in this fight.


52 posted on 03/19/2009 6:43:04 AM PDT by M203M4 (A rainbow-excreting government-cheese-pie-eating unicorn in every pot.)
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To: TheMom
"Most of it was pretty good. I liked the charcoal stuff best."

filtering it through charcoal takes the edge off, makes it a little smoother.

Legal whiskey distillers "age" their liquor in hardwood barrels, Cherry, etc)that are burned on the inside. Thats what gives it that smoothness ( like JB)and color.

53 posted on 03/19/2009 6:43:26 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary

Not sure if he has the proper equipment to measure proof but it smells like Everclear. There was a Parmesan cheese plant in Minnesota I used to call on that produced about 20,000 gallons/day of near 200 proof alcohol. It was odorless but had a very strong Spearmint taste. I think they’re selling it into the ethanol market now.


54 posted on 03/19/2009 6:47:20 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Ditter

no we can make beer and wine only


55 posted on 03/19/2009 6:50:19 AM PDT by jrd
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To: jrd

Can we sell the beer and wine?


56 posted on 03/19/2009 6:52:07 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: avacado

Poor guy was persecuted for making alternative fuels.


57 posted on 03/19/2009 6:52:54 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Ditter
"I thought we could make it we just couldn’t sell it."

You can if you get a distilling license. But you may as well become a distilling company by the time you jump through all the hoops and regulations and fee's, build your still according regulations, open your doors to inspections etc.

58 posted on 03/19/2009 6:53:49 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: avacado

Rest easy and in the company of plenty of kin, cousin.

59 posted on 03/19/2009 6:54:30 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Nathan Zachary
filtering it through charcoal takes the edge off, makes it a little smoother.

And smooth it was. We brought several jars back home with us & I got plum snockered on that stuff!

60 posted on 03/19/2009 7:00:59 AM PDT by TheMom (I'm gonna be a grandma!)
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