An Old Industry Meets the Newest Recesssion

For your Friday amusement:

Authorities in Kentucky's southeastern corner say they've found the largest moonshine still in years.

Doug Jordan with the Bell County Sheriff's Department told WYMT-TV in Hazard officers charged 40-year-old Noal Ward on Wednesday with trafficking an alcoholic beverage in a dry territory and unlawful manufacturing. No bond was set and he remains in jail.

Police say they found more than 100 gallons of whiskey and 500 gallons of mash, from which the alcohol is made.

Jordan said because of the amount found, the department believes it was being sold across state lines. Tennessee and Virginia border Bell County.

Sheriff Bruce Bennett says there have been problems with underage people buying illegal whiskey.

I'll just caution that moonshine is not by any stretch of the imagination "whiskey." It's raw, brutal and lethal. Not really funny at all.