Has served as a longtime firefighter with the volunteer department in Climax, Virginia
Quote: "My moonshine is legit and it is the real deal․ There is a right way and a wrong way to make moonshine and for me, the right way is the only way․ I am proud of the quality product I have been crafting for decades․"
A moonshiner since childhood, he rose to prominence after participating on Discovery's "Moonshiners" beginning in 2011
After years of perfecting the perfect moonshine recipe, he established his own distribution business called Climax Moonshine
Served in the United States Army as a soldier during the Gulf War