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Title: Hatfields and McCoys Go Into Business Together to Sell High Demand Moonshine
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Viral Global News
URL Source: http://www.viralglobalnews.com/u-s- ... l-high-demand-moonshine/28853/
Published: Jan 31, 2015
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Post Date: 2015-01-31 15:58:48 by Willie Green
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Who would have ever thought the 19th-century feud between two of the most famous families would ever come to this point? “It’s just kind of crazy,” Amber Bishop said. She is the great (times three) granddaughter of William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield. Her mother, Nancy Hatfield is considered the oldest living descendant of Devil Anse, and she agrees with her daughter. The initial feud between the families happened in the late 1870s, reportedly over one of the McCoys joining the Union Army, instead of the Confederate Army, then there was the rumored stolen pig and land feuds. During the course of many years, actions continued to escalate, including a shootout between the two groups that claimed 12 lives.
In modern times, the descendants of the Hatfields and McCoys came together in 2003 to sign a truce and end the battles.
In the same year (2012), the drama mini-series between the families appeared on cable, starring Bill Paxton and Kevin Costner, Amber’s husband, Chad was working to acquire permits to begin the distillery. West Virginia passed legislation permitting moonshine distilleries to become cemented, with strong regulations. Chad acquired the necessary licenses, worked with his wife, mother-in-law, and Randolph “Ole Ran ‘I'” McCoy’s great-great grandson for consulting on the business. McCoy does not have a financial stake in the business, citing religious reasons.
Both families are highly religious but Nancy claims making moonshine was just what she raised doing, and will continue to do so. “I come from a moonshining daddy. He to used to bootleg when I was a little girl,” she reminisced, adding “I used to bottle it for him in the bathtub.”
The demand for the “Drink of the Devil” is reaching incredible heights. The family adds a price-tag of $32.99 per bottle, and consistently sell up to $3,000 bottles monthly.
The family works on the process inside a converted garage just mere miles from the grave marker of Devil Anse, where he probably is sitting back and enjoying the show of his continued legacy. Or perhaps not, considering the family turned to a McCoy for consulting on the business.
Chad says the bottled mix is “as close as you’ll get to the way it was made 150 years ago.”
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#1. To: Willie Green, Devil Anse (#0)
ping....
("We sing about God because we believe in Him. We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exists". ~ Jeff Foxworthy)
#2. To: Murron (#1)
Chad says the bottled mix is “as close as you’ll get to the way it was made 150 years ago.”
Taste wise maybe, proof wise I sort of doubt it. Most "shine" is in the 130-150 proof range and this stuff is only 90.
I do not approve of my family working with them damned McCoys, I need to start haunting them.
#3. To: Devil Anse, Murron, Willie Green (#2)
I do not approve of my family working with them damned McCoys, I need to start haunting them.
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