In this photo taken in Breznice, village in eastern Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, alcohol distiller 79 years old Stanislava Chalupova prepares 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)
