I spent a few years in High Country South Carolina along the 4 state border (an extremely "interesting" place and very close to where Deliverance was filmed). While there, I was fortunate (or unfortunate) to be introduce to Lightin' drankin'. HO-LEE-SHEET!

I never got to see a Still or even really talk about it much. It's like Fight Club down there and the first rule of Fight Club is to not talk about Fight Club. Some folks abided by the shoot, shovel, shut up principle - so I thought it best to not push.

But I did learn this much from the Natives...Drinking fruited shine from a non-reputable source is sort of dangerous and you are taking your life in your own hands. Shine should be sold / bought clear. Clarity helps prove purity to a degree. Many an idiot has been left blind, deaf and dumb (or dead) from drinking rusty shine (radiator stills, rust, glycol or whatever). The color of fruited shine masks the liquid death. Just sayin'. Its not as bad nowadays as its become more mainstream and / or legal and that is a VERY good thing.