Corn sugar was key to the manufacture of corn whiskey. Corn sugar was the key to the manufacture of corn whiskey. Lonardo essentially established a cottage industry in the production of illegal corn whiskey. This hurt the market for corn whiskey, reducing criminal profits. Frank Lonardo oversaw the collection of the corn whiskey and its distribution to buyers. Corn whiskey is usually unaged and sold as a legal version of moonshine. Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey is an unaged corn whiskey. Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine is a corn whiskey distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In practice, if corn whiskey is aged, it is usually aged in used bourbon barrels. Unlike other American whiskey styles, corn whiskey does not need wood aging at all.