Moonshine makers set up shop in Georgia city hall

In this Nov. 16 photo, distillers Dwight Bearden, right, and Bob Suchke look over a batch of fermented apple brandy mash as they make moonshine in the Dawsonville Moonshine Distillery in Dawsonville, Ga.

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Moonshine distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s city hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law.

A handful of moonshine disti...

Published: 11/18/2012