Entrepreneur Takes A Shine To Moonshine
Before he moved to North Carolina in the mid-`90s, Joseph Michalek’s New York buddies kidded him about coming to the land of moonshine and Mayberry.
Within months of arriving in Winston-Salem, he began to notice a glass jar quietly being passed around at bluegrass festivals and race tracks.
“I’d never seen nor tasted moonshine, but it was pretty obvious that’s what it was,” said Michalek, 38. “I was prepared for the worst, but I sipped it and it was delicious, much smoother than I expected. It had a hint of fruit in it; I’d never tasted anything quite like it.”
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