Did you know Minnesota was a moonshine state? Check out the film 'Minnesota 13'

Rural Stearns County was a hotbed of moonshine-making during Prohibition, and the prime product was "Minnesota 13" whiskey. In the documentary "Minnesota 13: From Grain to Glass" (⋆⋆⋆ out of four stars) directors Kelly Nathe and Norah Shapiro do an excellent job of sourcing this colorful but covered-up history, coaxing tales from old-timers who were youngsters then and giving insight into why the staunchly German Catholic culture found the practice — the only way to make a living when crop prices bottomed out — "illegal but not immoral." The final segment illustrating how Minnesota 13 is back in legit production gives a full-circle feeling to a clandestine chapter of Minnesota history. Original guitar-pickin' music by John Fields sets a perfect tone. (1 & 7:20 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 3 & 5 p.m. Sun.-Mon.; 1 & 7:20 p.m. Tue.-Thu., Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, St. Anthony Main Theater, 115 SE. Main St., Mpls. mspfilm.org)