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Legal moonshine goes legit in South Carolina as 28 distilleries register
South Carolina now taxes small distilleries and 28 have registered with the Department of Revenue even as secret stills persist in woods across the state. Interviews with Tom Hall and historian David Shields frame moonshine as a tradition, political statement, and craft, while sheriff deputies recently destroyed a 25-barrel operation in Orangeburg County.
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Columbia
South Carolina
S.C Department of Revenue
Orangeburg
Tom Hall
Ridgeway
Chester County
Hall
David Shields
Shields
U.S
University of South Carolina
Holly Hill
Keisa Gunby
Sheriff’s Department
Gunby
Thom Berry
S.C
Gundy
Mike Dennis
Tri-County Commission On Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Dennis
Carl Monday
Monday
Camden
Bonnie Swingle
State Department of Revenue