May 04, 2026
The Moonshine Trail: A Guide to Gatlinburg's Distillery Culture
Moonshine and the Smoky Mountains have a history that goes back centuries. Long before craft spirits became fashionable, Appalachian distillers were making corn whiskey deep in the hollows and ridges of these mountains — largely off the books, often in defiance of tax collectors, and almost always with considerable skill. Today, that tradition lives on through a thriving legal distillery scene that has made Gatlinburg one of the best small cities in America for spirits tourism.
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