(AP) — In this photo taken in Breznice, a village in eastern Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, alcohol distiller Stanislava Chalupova, right, checks a batch of alcohol at a private distillery.
Czech people continue their centuries old tradition of home distilled spirits that remains the only option to legally obtain hard liquors after sales and exports were banned following a wave of methanol poisoning that has killed at least 23 people. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
