Eat, Drink and Be Murphy: Rebel with a cause for spirits PHELPS -- Peter Cheney is just an outlaw at heart. Cheney owns the Cheney Funeral Home and, thanks to an award-winning appearance a year ago on the Discovery Channel TV show “Moonshiners: Master Distiller,” has the title of master distiller and a nickname, “The Undertaker.” Now, he and his wife, Sharon, partnered with friends Chris and Lisa Orlando to open Smokin’ Tails Distillery in the village of Phelps. Smoking tails describes the exhaust smoke rolling off the back of a 1940 Ford Coupe carrying shine as the people who made, sold and distributed it illegally outran the law. Later on, many of these spirited drivers took their skills to the oval track, over time building the sport of NASCAR.