Life in Virginia's Appalachia

Life in Virginia's Appalachia - Moonshine

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9 ай бұрын

Explore Franklin County, the Moonshine capital of the world, and get a better look at the history of "white liquor". Travel the backroads with Henry Lee Law, Roddy Moore and Bethany Worley as they share their expertise and stories of the past and the economic outlook for this now legal favorite of Virginia’s Appalachia.
Bridging the past to present, this series celebrates the rich culture and history of Virginia’s Appalachia by seeing how treasured traditions are kept alive and thriving today. This six part mini-series takes you on a journey exploring the intricacies of making moonshine; experiencing different Appalachian cuisine; watching logging firsthand; putting needles to fabric with quilting; successfully canning; and even going on a turkey hunt. ‪@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV‬ ‪@BlueRidgeStreaming‬ ‪@PBSAppalachia‬

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@samermohamed5293 4 ай бұрын

In short, he is one of the mountain heroes who maintained their integrity and defended their beliefs and principles by living freely in their homeland and helping their families and neighbors.

@rogerredden1079 8 ай бұрын

Virginia , The state for L and M ; that is , Lovers and Moonshine ❤ 😮 ..... Thanks You Henry ...........

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

And. now you can buy it legally!

@secondhandlyon2603 8 ай бұрын

I can confirm that moonshining is work. There's been a lot of it made in eastern Kentucky as well.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

After spending some time with these guys, we can confirm that!

@MrSomethingElse Ай бұрын

Like Popcorn says... something goes wrong everytime! You got think fast on your feet! Yes Sir.

@ThomasBranson-yv5ub 18 күн бұрын

I left in 1985 from circumstances beyond my control. I returned in 2011 for a stint. The very first thing said to me when I got home was, can you show me how yall made shine? I am passing it on to my kids. My family will know how to survive

@randlerichardson5826 8 ай бұрын

I’d give anything to go back to the Old Times again

@rockingchair2807 8 ай бұрын

How much you got? Lets make a deal. ☻

@lazy_902 8 ай бұрын

@@rockingchair2807leech 💯

@zinniaadkins9826 8 ай бұрын

I still try hard to keep my life as close to the old times as I can.. I miss cutting tobacco each year, killing our hogs in the winter,back when it really got cold and stayed that way for a while, snow up to the top of the fence post..

@jasonsmith2439 8 ай бұрын

Them Law brothers are the real deal 💯🇺🇸

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

I can picture all of that, sounds amazing.@@zinniaadkins9826

@fredcarter8382 8 ай бұрын

What a fantastic episode. Some shine allegedly made in Randolph county NC as well LOL

@alancowan431 Ай бұрын

I really liked your video. I can tell you put your heart and soul in every batch of Moon Shine you guys make.

@sherriekirby1585 8 ай бұрын

Shiners go way, way back on my family tree on Patrick & Franklin Co, VA. Yes they left the stills on the wills & there's some courthouse records. My great grandfather was very prominent during prohibition. He sold ALOT during election times, he owned the first car in the town. He helped other people who were struggling. Liquid corn was more profitable than grain corn when the prices fell. Thankful I got the stories from my grandmother before she passed

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

Wow! Sounds like a very prominent man. Those stories are cherished, I'm sure.

@sherriekirby1585 8 ай бұрын

@@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV grandmother told me several stories about her dad's antics while shining & about him trucking it to the state capitol for the Governor who was from the county my grandfather 'stumped' for. All during prohibition & before. Cherished stories for sure

@Hippyslacker 7 ай бұрын

Theres alot more work in shine than tv shows. It still flows throughout the west Virginia hills too ❤❤

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

You are correct! It's impossible to show all of the work these folks put into a good batch of moonshine.

@oldfarmshow 8 ай бұрын

👍

@hectorrosario3391 8 ай бұрын

You guys are my idol. 😂🇵🇷

@Bevin_Krennan 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. The science behind it is mindboggling when you consider all of the trail and error that went into perfecting the process.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

I had these same thoughts while filming. Lots of science goes behind making moonshine, very interesting stuff!

@randlerichardson5826 8 ай бұрын

Got a quart from Louisiana a couple years back I use it to make cough medicine with. Strange everybody suddenly came sick with the bad cough lollllllllllllllllll I’ve probably got a pint +or- put up

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

Everyone loves some moonshine! How kind of you to share haha.

@krystalborgman 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. The history and the interesting details about the whole process is amazing. I had some years ago and it was smooth and just delicious, mixed with juice and ice its really a great drink. 😊

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

I (Sadie the producer of the show) also like moonshine best when it has had some fruit fermented in the shine for 2 weeks or so. Make's it even tastier. Thanks for watching! :)

@richardreagor1432 6 ай бұрын

Slow spech down

@wayneberry8226 7 ай бұрын

I love this.....

@blown572hemi 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reminder of home now that I live ondy wrong coast. Besides my father and grandfather’s, Jesco white and popcorn Sutton are my hero’s

@johnharris8191 4 ай бұрын

Popcorn did not make the best liquor I ever drank.

@rowdyscooter4094 7 ай бұрын

Old. Days. & times. R. Gone. ! So. R. The. People. ! PEOPLE. NOW. DAYS. HAVE. NO..CLUE. OR. RESPECT. !!

@brianscheuermann9862 8 ай бұрын

Wilkesboro NC is the shine capital!!!!

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

We'll have to visit!

@diesel7903 8 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, Henry Law!!!

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

We are big fans of Henry

@claysmith782 6 күн бұрын

And like he said, why change something that your family worked at and perfected for years to try to change it? Good job. 😅 ❤

@kevinknight470 6 ай бұрын

Good job PBS. I lived in Franklin county for about 20 years. Worked in Rocky Mount for a while. Franklin county Shine made right is smooth and delicious. I didn't care much for sugar liquor, but each taste is different for folks. Most of the Shiners that I have met are good people, thanx for sharing this documentary.😃

@lance3451 7 ай бұрын

I USED TO PLAY CHECKERS WITH MY GRANDFATHER EVERY SATURDAY.HE USED TO TELL ME THAT 1 DAY WE WOULD GO TO VIRGINIA AND DIG UP THE 5 BARRELS OF SHINE HE BURIED BEFORE HE GOT PUT ON THE CHAINGANG

@jbwagonmaker8887 8 ай бұрын

Great show❤

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We are scheduled to have 3 more episodes air for this series (and hopefully a season 2!)

@xochitl9161 7 ай бұрын

Fabulous doc !!! Very interesting and informative.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@kennethboydsr3966 4 ай бұрын

This was great I don’t live far from Franklin co. The moonshine & peach brandy I ever drink came from there those guys knew what they were doing and the ones I knew were great hard working family men ❤

@popcornhead3479 6 күн бұрын

The law boys are legend

@dilligaf2818 8 ай бұрын

great vid we hope to vist this area if we can get back to your great country from Australia !!

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hope y'all can make it back!

@douglassauvageau7262 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate the historical time-line. Today's product is probably little different from what Daniel Boone was sipping. If it has not already been trademarked, BOONESBOROUGH might make an attractive label.

@BearMeat4Dinner 8 ай бұрын

❤

@bigbird2451 7 ай бұрын

My grandfather used to tell stories about making liquor beck then. It seems that they had a place near a river where they would work in Alabama. The metal parts of the still lived in the river until they would show up, pull it out, set up and run. Then toss the still back in the river until the next time.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

What a fascinating story. Thanks for sharing!

@jyrkiaaltonen9298 2 ай бұрын

Original is the Best👍👍👍

@archielynn3663 8 ай бұрын

im 82 today a va mt man lived near all those places drank lots moon from rocky mount and floyed caint say where im old and my mind caint recall where aint that something ? hee hee

@jafo766 8 ай бұрын

Yep , you sound like the REAL McCoy !

@sirsmilealot5458 8 ай бұрын

I have made a few batches.

@johnharris8191 4 ай бұрын

Not too smart telling on yourself. LOL

@rickywilliams877 16 күн бұрын

A lot of people can make it . Very few can make it good.

@thesilentgeneration 3 ай бұрын

My Dad and his brothers did a bit of corn cookin in Atkins, Va back in the 1920s. Since my Dad was the youngest, his job was to stay at the bottom of the mountain, ready to alert the boys if he saw government men around. He must have done a good job because they were never caught. Hollywood created that Hill Billie perception, but these folks were smart and knew their business. As a kid, I often wondered way my uncle did with all those apples he grew. Never saw him sell any.

@user-ph4qs9lt1z 3 ай бұрын

I've had Popcorn Sutton and Jr Johnson shine but if you wanted good corn likker you got in ithe very NW corner of NC . It was smooth as water but packed a punch that was like a mule kicked you. I knew one ol timer that moved his still often to keep revenuers from catchin him.The ol shiners are gone now, and the recipes, but i dare say there's still a few quarts hid in the mtns.

@bradleysmith3963 8 ай бұрын

I have 3 quarts put up from Virginia, I quit drinking 7 years ago but I can’t part with my old school boot leg liquor

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

That's some good stuff right there!

@Woodman26 8 ай бұрын

I wish I could be an Apprentice !!!! ;);););)

@newfoundlanderingallsfamil4084 8 ай бұрын

Just subscribed to your KZfaq channel

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing! We will be having more episodes of Life in Virginia's Appalachia come out in the near future.

@douglassauvageau7262 8 ай бұрын

The linkage between this culture and the evolution of NASCAR has inspired many entertaining film-industry productions. The film-industry has missed a good bet by neglecting the 'production-dynamic'.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

Something we are working on for the near future- stay tuned!

@DannyMorrison5i8yrd 7 ай бұрын

❤🎉🎉😊😊

@russellcarmicheal4902 2 ай бұрын

lol, 😀Henry Lee

@georgeleonhard4858 7 ай бұрын

These are legal shiners they are just doing this for a u tube

@jvwg95rt98 18 күн бұрын

So, do you need water? I missed that part.

@JinxedJax 7 ай бұрын

Can anyone explain why South Carolina wasn't on their map?

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

Henry was just listing off ~some~ of the states involving moonshine. No one was intentionally left out.

@josh-fr3hr Ай бұрын

its all about the water and they pull water from a mud hole...

@chrisrobinson2410 8 ай бұрын

Well. The jar shook at the minute mark is straight garbage. Might as well be some of the ice cold water

@rockingchair2807 8 ай бұрын

Scubbing bubbles.

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 8 ай бұрын

After conducting a sniff test, I can assure you, it definitely wasn't ice cold water or dish liquid.

@richardschneider4775 7 ай бұрын

Untaxed unregulated irregular batches of a socially acceptable drug we call booze.

@michaelsmiley15 8 ай бұрын

Well let's talk about the toxins that you can find in various proofs of alcohol The problem will you construct your still if he use any kind of led soccer and it gets into the alcohol, then you could get led contamination and that's what people were going blind from The problem during prohibition you had all of these idiots out there Trying to make whatever they wanted to call what they were producing And they used whatever they could get their hands-on formaldehyde Any kind of substance that would boost the flavor profile but all of these things were Toxic and people are dying from these ingredients during prohibition I know plenty of people that have drank rubbing alcohol That's what we're talking about here

@johnmiller9312 7 ай бұрын

Everything goes to hell once the Government gets involved.

@frankmains5698 Ай бұрын

Yep, now their peddling marijuana

@maoriboy7619 7 ай бұрын

Why are the outback moonshiners considered outlaws i c them as hard working folks making good liquor and earning a bit of cash what's wrong with that

@BlueRidgePBSEchoTV 7 ай бұрын

I believe it mostly has to do with the fact that they sell untaxed liquor! In recent years many moonshiners have gone legit with craft distilleries and are no longer considered criminals.