Troy Ball

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    For Troy Ball, BA’81, making moonshine is a patriotic duty

    On the Discovery network’s show Moonshiners, whiskey makers stay one step ahead of the law as they tend backwoods stills. Troy Ball is also a moonshiner, but the similarities between her and the Appalachia moonshiners featured on the show are few. Ball’s whiskey is legal and, by all accounts, some of… Read More

    Feb 26, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Troy Ball, BA’81, Moonshiner

    On the Discovery network’s show Moonshiners, whiskey makers stay one step ahead of the law as they tend backwoods stills. Troy Ball is also a moonshiner, but the similarities between her and the Appalachia moonshiners featured on the show are few. Ball’s whiskey is legal and, by all accounts, some of the best on the market. Read More

    Jan 14, 2013