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Published 12:00 am Monday, June 10, 2013

Batesville police officers could not help but grin at the incongruity: an illegal whiskey still right in the middle of town. Lt. Billy Sossaman (left) and Deputy Chief Don Province hold buckets through which coiled copper tubing has been placed. During operation the buckets had been filled with water and cooled the vapors passing from the fish-cooker-fired mash cooker to the pressure cooker into the tubing. Cooling caused the vapors to condense into the desired spirits. “It was high tech,” Provi


Batesville police officers could not help but grin at the incongruity: an illegal whiskey still right in the middle of town. Lt. Billy Sossaman (left) and Deputy Chief Don Province hold buckets through which coiled copper tubing has been placed. During operation the buckets had been filled with water and cooled the vapors passing from the fish-cooker-fired mash cooker to the pressure cooker into the tubing. Cooling caused the vapors to condense into the desired spirits. “It was high tech,” Province said through a grin.
The Panolian photo by John Howell Sr.

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