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Get ready for our great close-up on the home distilling community out next week in our “Best of” issue.

We interviewed a mixed bag of legal and anarchist distillers in Bend to find out why distilling is so very, very against the law in one’s home.

But first we wanted to help you brush up on the technical aspects of moonshining so you’re ready for what’s to come next week.

This article appears in Aug 9-15, 2012.

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Moonshine Magic in Bend Still on the Down Low

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 9, 2012

<h1>Moonshine Magic in Bend Still on the Down Low</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 9, 2012</p> <p>Get ready for our great close-up on the home distilling community out next week in our "Best of" issue.</p> <p>We interviewed a mixed bag of legal and anarchist distillers in Bend to find out why distilling is so very, very against the law in one's home.</p> <p>But first we wanted to help you brush up on the technical aspects of moonshining so you're ready for what's to come next week.</p> <p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/moonshine-magic-in-bend-still-on-the-down-low-2178724/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=20665&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/moonshine-magic-in-bend-still-on-the-down-low-2178724/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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