Ep. 140: Casey Jones Distillery With Cody Turner

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Square Stills Moonshine and Two Total Eclipses Ever seen a square pot still No Me neither Apparently for moonshiners in the Land Between the Rivers now Land Between the Lakes region square stills were all the rage – they could be loaded into the back of a pickup truck easily disassembled and still put out high quality moonshine And nobody did it better than Arlen Jones better known as Casey because he only sold moonshine by the case Casey ended up in prison twice the final time leading to him getting out of the still-making business for good Fast forward a few decades and in a truly ironic twist the government came calling for him to make one more still a working one no less for the Land Between the Lakes visitors center – and he did That still stands today in the Casey Jones Distillery When Casey s grandson AJ discovered his family s history it was a poorly held secret he decided to get into the game himself too A decade or so later they have four mashbills of whiskey are growing rapidly and are the official bourbon of not one but TWO eclipses they were in the line of totality for the 2017 solar eclipse and just outside of it for the April 2024 one Finally they re also members of the State Line Trail with MB Roland in Kentucky and Old Glory Distilling in Tennessee – look for my episode with Paul at MB Roland next week Thanks everyone for listening and thank you to Cody for entering the Whiskey Ring If you haven t joined the Patreon community yet please consider doing so at patreon com whiskeyinmyweddingring There are 2-3 more spots available at the 25 month bottle share club level If you haven t yet please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram Facebook and Twitter and subscribe to the newsletter on the website Casey Jones Distillery Casey Jones Distillery Website Casey Jones Distillery Instagram Casey Jones Distillery Facebook Casey Jones Distillery Twitter Casey Jones Distillery YouTube Thanks to our Lead Sponsor Black Button Distillery Black Button Distilling Website Black Button Distilling on Facebook Black Button Distilling on Instagram Click here to visit this podcast episode

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