On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:20:10 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>i think you'll find (or used to find) the 'bottle clubs' in certain
>counties scattered throughout the south. i suppose it's a step up from
>being completely dry.

My father was born and raised in Winston County AL, which has been dry
as a bone forever, AFAICS, but has a *lot* of home breweries scattered
all over the county. IIRC, the code for finding the stuff is to call
someone who might know and ask if they have any "medicine." The first
time I heard my aunt ask one of her old classmates in this manner, I
nearly fell over laughing. I think the DH's eyes are still watering
over his one and only run in with white lightning.

And one of my favorite anecdotes about Winston County is, when Alabama
seceded from the Union, Winston County seceded from the state. To this
day, the old timers call it "the Free State of Winston." Winston
County was too damned poor to have a dog in that fight ;-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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