As we look back on the traditions of America, one spirit that defied the government is moonshine, especially in southern ...

In the final years of his legendary life, Popcorn Sutton put his wife up on a pedestal – and on the catwalk above the 2,500-gallon pots where his moonshine was being distilled. It’s only fitting the ...

It won't be long before famous moonshiner Popcorn Sutton's special recipe will be brewed again in Cocke County. But this time, it will be legal, and with the full support of the county and the state.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A white whiskey named after a legendary Tennessee moonshiner is introducing a new bottle after a legal dispute over similarities to Jack Daniel's shape and design. The Popcorn ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Bybee, Tennessee—The road to Cocke County from the Great Smoky Mountains takes us ...

Flaming Aces Distillery partners with the widow of renowned moonshiner Popcorn Sutton to make her own jar.

PARROTTSVILLE, Tenn. — This is a story about a man named Marvin Sutton and how he proved that the road from criminality to commodity is sometimes shorter than it looks. Until his death in 2009 at the ...

PARROTTSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)- When people think of Appalachia, they often think of backwoods, but it was what was created in ...

A four-year legal battle over the rights to an autobiography penned by a famed Cocke County moonshiner who killed himself rather than go back to prison has ended with his widow the victor. U.S.

I’ve been to a Haywood County party or two in my day, and I’ve sampled what my hosts proudly put on display as real mountain moonshine: Popcorn’s ‘shine. They would have been referring to home brew ...