The day Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton committed suicide, he sparked a renaissance of moonshine culture. Born in Maggie Valley, North Carolina,[2][3] he grew up, lived, and died in the rural areas around Maggie Valley and nearby Cocke County, Tennessee. To hear of his lifelong battle againts the IRS and the police, it is sad to know they forced him right off of the planet, only to then take his Moonshiner dead in apparent suicide.

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They grew up making moonshine in the North Carolina Mountains. Using a 100 year old family recipe passed down through generations, Popcorn made his “likker” by hand, selling it … Almost everyone chuckles while they talk. As much as his passing, she also mourns the fact that she had not seen him in years. “They should’ve left your Daddy alone,” many tell me. Mr. Grosser, who now had a new partner in Hank Williams Jr., set up a distillery in Nashville, which as of last fall began producing 800 cases of Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey a month.

Local, national and international press all stood up and took notice when the legendary mountain man went down.

Popcorn Sutton Original Small Batch Recipe takes its name from its creator, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, a legendary bootlegger from Cocke County, Tennessee.

Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (October 5, 1946 – March 16, 2009) was an American Appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger. POPCORN SUTTON RecipeIngredients: 25 pounds coarse ground white corn meal, enough to fill half of your barrel/container 50 pounds of sugar – 1 pound of sugar per gallon of water of total volume 1 gallon of malt – can be corn, barley, rye or a combination.
It seems there are quite a few people that stop and take a picture of Popcorn’s roadside memorial. Popcorn Sutton’s Documentary – The Last One If you are reading this blog, and you haven’t seen , you are seriously missing out on a great video. “They” would be the Law. Jun 25, 2015 - Explore MrsGilbert21's board "Popcorn Sutton *moonshine legend*" on Pinterest. Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, 62, was found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a car near his Parrotsville, Tenn., residence, days before he was to begin serving an 18-month prison sentence for large-scale moonshine operation.

To start, Popcorn Sutton was a friend of my uncle's since childhood.

Guess he was not so honest after all!

Popcorn Sutton Original Small Batch Recipe takes its name from its creator, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, a legendary bootlegger from Cocke County, Tennessee. Popcorn Sutton, a famous Appalachian moonshiner, was a surge in popularity after the Discovery TV network aired Moonshiners Wednesday, a show that explored his life that ended in suicide in 2009.
The Last One is the best documentary on moonshine – ever. Popcorn, on the other hand, was a larger than life character who was a master of self promotion. Funny thing is after I wrote about those loaded dice I bought from old Popcorn Sutton’s shop, I dug them out of my closet because I heard if you drop them in a glass of water they will land a certain way every time. Well, these do not.