NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tim Smith, the clandestine star of
Discovery's unexpected reality hit “Moonshiners,” doesn't have
anything against the growing legion of legal distillers who are
plying their brands at your local liquor store.  He just doesn't
want to drink their stuff.  ”Mine is just a real smooth
moonshine,” Smith said. “That's the only way I can explain it.
I've tasted some of the other brands trying to figure out what
they're making and stuff like that. I'm not trying to put down
nobody, don't get me wrong. Everybody's got their own business.
But everybody I taste, that's about what I throw away.”  Smith's
Climax Moonshine is the latest entry in the big bang-like
moonshine trade where new legal brands are being introduced
every few months it seems. Former outlaws like Smith and the
descendants of larger-than-life figures like Popcorn Sutton or
Jack “Mimm” McClure -- as well as corporate titans like Jack
Daniels and Jim Beam -- are all attempting to cash in on the
growing trend.  ”It has just come from