Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Lightning in a Bottle

In Culpeper, Va. Chuck Miller makes moonshine. He said it "gets you in a good mood quick."

As you will see in the video his legal moonshine begins right on a farm growing the corn that is turned into mash and mixed with yeast.


Businessman Jim Sinden came along and wanted to use Miller's Kopper Kettle whiskey in his barbeque sauce.

"He tilted the cowboy hat on the back of his head and he said nope. I wanna do moonshine. Moonshine sells," said Miller.

And that led to the birth of Virginia Lightning Moonshine BBQ Sauce. Sinden says the moonshine sauce is a hit in test marketing.

"I think it's just the mystique - a little bit of the naughtiness that's involved in the process," said Sinden.

By the way, the whole distillery is made out of wood from what used to be a church. As for the pastor, "he was concerned about the use of his building. I said, don't worry Father, there's still full of a lot of spirit," said Miller.

Now Chuck and Jim are hoping the spirit moves people to buy the sauce.

We looked around and it sells for around $9.00 a bottle.