The still, housed in Madison’s old railroad station, was for sale. Advertisement Michalek founded Piedmont Distillers there in 2005; he estimates the overall start-up cost at about $750,000.

The 50-gallon still in Catoctin Mountain Park is the only public display of old-time moonshine-producing skills in the National Park System, drawing about 10,000 visitors annually.

Moon Still Shining In Johnston County. ... A week later, the feed is used to make 104 proof moonshine, worth $20 a gallon. One still would have produced more than 800 gallons, tax free.

Moon Still Shining In Johnston County Posted 2006-08-03T21:59:30+00:00 - Updated 1998-10-09T11:00:00+00:00 Call it white lightning, mountain elixir or moonshine; it's illegal.