Moonshine makers try to touch your heart, liver

Illegal distilleries call to mind Southern guys in Mustangs being pursued by county sheriffs with hound dogs in the passenger seat as they both bump over rutted dirt roads. Dusty bottles clank noisily together as a secret still fades into the rearview mirror.

Today, illegal stills are more likely to be found in a hipster’s basement as he cracks open a PBR and shows his buddy in a Nick Van Exel jersey the potato vodka he’s made from this week’s produce, courtesy of his local community-supported agriculture program. And with great hair comes beautifully produced videos that exhort America to “Free the ‘Shine.”