@Channon Legier The culture, history, and process behind a spirit is SOOOO much more important than "Hey, these 2 things have similar alcohol contents."
Yeah 191 everclear When distilling liquor you can never distill to 100% as water and alcohol want to stay together to a certain amount. So with a fractionating still you can get 191. If you want anhydrous alcohol AKA pure alcohol 100% 200 proof.... You have to use a molecular sieve such as zeolite. The water is much smaller molecule than alcohol, the water goes into the zeolite. Then once all the water is absorbed by the zealite, you pour the alcohol out of the jar and it is 100% pure
Everclear is strong my drink of choice is vodka straight and I like to have a sip of water after every swig (for 40 percent alcohol vodka) Everclear Is so much stronger you REALLY need that sip of water to help with the burning in the throat.
@@liamengram6326 go buy a bottle , take a picture and I'll send you twice the price of the bottle. Everclear does not make a 195 brother You cannot distill alcohol to that purity, you have to use a molecular sieve as I described. No company is going to go to the extra cost of doing that, for a couple more percent alcohol. If you need more pure alcohol than 191 then you can simply buy anhydrous alcohol.. 200 proof meant for the medical industry. And to be honest everclear doesn't make a 191 either only a 190. I keep using 191 because that's basically the possible limits of distillation. And I knew everclear was basically at that threshold. But they most assuredly do not make a 195 You're probably thinking of 95% alcohol by volume which would be 190 AKA everclear
I see lots of other Americans have commented so I'll just add this observation: I don't drink. Both of my parents were alcoholics and it's just a road I've never traveled. But, I grew up in a hard-drinking family and my dad and my uncles have made a little 'Shine now and again and most people, upon trying it for the first time, would compare it to drinking paint stripper or something equally wicked. No offense to the stuff you purchased, but I am comfortable saying it's not real moonshine. No way would a first time drinker of moonshine talk about it being "Nice", and rapidly go from one to the next, trying 3 versions in 10 minutes.
ya i only saw real moonshine once, and it was poured into a spoon(not a shot) and lit on fire first to bring down the alcohol content. It was still strong even after that.
I was in high school in the '80's and I agree with you with an exception. Good shine should be smooth, but finding that was rare even then. Luckily, I was "the guy that knew a guy" and had my share of the good stuff. Watched a 7'4" guy turn up a dixie cup and he just kept going back, like in slow motion. Everybody just watched him hit the floor and before you say why didn't somebody catch him?, it was one of those moments where you had to be there. A bunch of teenagers partying and it just happened. I've drank a fifth of both Jack and Jose all at once (not the same night) and I wouldn't have attempted a half-pint of the stuff we drank. I wasn't an alcoholic, I drank to get drunk quick or chug 3 beers before a softball game to slow down my mind where I could play without thinking about it. I might try 3 different kinds in 10 minutes and I might call them "Nice", but with a different meaning than these guys. I wouldn't have any plans for the rest of the day either.
Good moonshine does have good flavor profiles once it’s proofed down to about 80 or 90. Straight out of the still it’s like 120-170 proof so of course THAT won’t be pleasant. This stuff is proofed way down for legal purposes, which is why it tastes better. And I agree, real moonshine is made in the woods under the moonlight.
I feel like the commercial “moonshine” is more moonshine like liquor. Real backwoods moonshine is legit dangerous. Y’all could react to the show “Moonshiners”
Yeah, when I heard the "high proof" stuff was 50%, I knew it wasn't the real stuff. I've had "moonshine" that tasted like candy. It was cinnamon apple. Really good, but was too sweet like a dessert. Not what I expected at all. I assumed it would be something closer to 95% Everclear. This stuff just seems like dessert liquor.
@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 It is. It almost has a melon taste from the spring water, but burns like fire going down. The real stuff, if made poorly, can result in high amounts of methanol. Methanol can blind and poison people given that it is a gasoline additive.
@@americansmark There's an interesting video by the channel chubbyemu that talks about a guy who had a medical emergency from moonshine because of the methanol content. It was a good watch.
@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 lmao I've had everclear, from the BX from my house, I drank almost the whole little bottle of it and remember waking up naked in my house with the front door open. I have absolutely no idea or recollection to what happened.
@@thomasohanlon1060 actually moonshine was/is made with whatever type of grain is available and fermented with sugar. Whiskey is pure grain, no sugar, and aged.
Coworker makes his own. Traditionally, it's made from corn mash, but corn whiskey isn't as smooth as wheat. This is more like a wheated bourbon that isn't aged in casks. Still good and essentially the same thing, though. The flavored ones are what hillbillies call 'homemade wine'. The clear shine is often called 'Mountain Dew' (which is where the soda got its name), Holler Hooch, or White Lightning. You know you've got the food stuff when you can spit onto a fire and create a fireball. 🤣 Btw Daz, we don't call it 'Grandpa's Old Cough Medicine' for nothing. 😉
Best moonshine I ever had I bought from some farmer, who was selling out of the back of his truck at a Bluegrass festival here in Kentucky. Homemade, actual moonshine. Had whole cherries in it. Eat one cherry and be half drunk. Good stuff.
I get my Moonshine from my cousins up in Georgia.....homemade and 92% (I think that's 184 proof) I think they said. Let's just say 4 shots and I can't remember anything the next day....that stuff will grow hair on your chest !
In my Chem III class in high school we made distilled alcohol. My partner and I produced 93% pure alcohol (186 proof). One of the guys took a bottle home and didn't show back up in school for several days as he was "sick," at which time our teacher said, "I hope nobody drank any of this, as we produced rubbing alcohol." Dude about fell out of his chair. 😂😂😂
In college, we used to cut up fruit and soak the fruit in Everclear (190 proof) along with some punch. One red solo cup later and you are properly done for.
In the southern USA most true southerners know someone who makes moonshine or knows someone who knows someone who makes it. It is not a lost art. It’s a tradition.
I had a supervisor in the military from Kentucky. He brought me a big mason jar of some shine after he took leave. I have to say there really is no comparison between shine and commercially sold alcohol.
Actually it was born from the bootleggers playing the my penis is bigger than yours game seeing who had the fastest car. Most moonshiners producing mass selling amounts wouldn't run it because it doubled the chances of getting caught. They used relatives friends or those that proved their loyalty as bootleggers and some used people they disliked just to save family and friends from the heartbreak of prison. People take NASCAR's embellished story to heart and refuse to even listen to some facts. Yours truly a 75 year old retired bootlegger.
@@stbr9571 I'm from New York and we were running stock cars on half mile horse tracks as early as 1946, so with or without moonshine, NASCAR was gonna happen.
Went to a candy + alcohol themed party once. They had those cherries along with "boozy bears" (gummi-bears soaked in moonshine), skittles vodka, etc. Hardly ate anything besides candy that night. HORRIFIC hangover. 20 year old me wasn't very smart...Had to go to a family party the next day and had to rush to the bathroom a couple times. That's how I learned copious amounts of sugar + alcohol = bad morning...actually, I probably learned that many times before lol, this was just extreme.
The store bought ones are good and I enjoy several, but they will never compare to the stuff my grand daddy made. He, his three brothers and their father all ran shine back in the day. I make some myself now using his recipe, but I can never get it quite right. I'll for sure keep trying though. I do make a really good cherry pie.
@@deannaledford1270 And not store bought spring water or anything. Water from an actual spring that is on my property. Thought I need to add that. I hope you have a wonderful day.
All the moonshine I've ever seen was made out of corn. And none of it could be bought at a store because it had no tax stamp. I would ship you some but customs would shit a brick. LOL!
Man when I was younger here in Missouri, we had a lot of Amish friends and partied with them on occasion they were a blast. Anyways, they of course always had their own real moonshine, talking 150 proof 75% alcohol. Threw up so hard after a couple of shots, and it burned so bad down and back up. The throat when you drank it, all the way down, intense burn x100 from whiskey or anything else I have had. The old saying of "makes the hair on your balls stand up", well I can confirm.
Moonshine is simple unaged corn whisky. It's clear because it isn't put into barrels to age where the caramel color would normally be absorbed from the wood. To make it, you sprad corn in a dark place (like a barn loft) and water it thoroughly so that it starts to germinate. Once it reaches germination, you need to stop that process so you fill the area with smoke. At this point, the maximum amount of sugar is present in the sprouting corn kernels. The corn is then collected and mashed in a large container with water and some yeast. There it ferments for a few days (7-14). The mash looks a lot like sloppy oatmeal at this point. At that point, the "sour mash" is poured into a still. The still consists of a large copper container (or tub), copper coils that act as evaporators and connect to another thump tub (a smaller container) that makes a thumping noise when the temperature reaches the optimum level and the alcohol begins to flow. Add a heat source below the first tub (usually fire or propane) to heat the mixture to between 65-70 degrees celsius (below the boiling point of water). It should never be more than 75 cdegree celsisus. The alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than water so it evaporates first into the coils that cool it and drop it into the thump tub where it cools to room temperature. Once the distilled mixture is evaporated and cooled to room temperature, it will have the appearance of water. The unevaoprated portion remains in teh first tub to be discarded or used to as animal feed. At the point you have alcohol flowing into the thump tub, simply open the tap in the bottom of the thump tub to drain the first 5% of the alcohol which is the toxic isopropyl alcohol portion. Once this is allowed to pour off, the rest is drinkable and is bottled for consumption. The taste is strong and the smell is like isopropyl alcohol. At actual professional wisky distillers, this is the point at which the whisky would be poured into barrels and aged for between 3 and 21 years to absorbt he color and taste of the wood. But in the case of moonshine the quality of the flavor was never as important as supplying speakeasies and roadhouses with a ready supply of cheap potent clear moonshine that was mixed with other things to make cocktails. It was called moonshine because it was usually made and transported in the middle of the night by the light of the moon during prohibition to avoid law enforcement.
I've had a small amount presented to me in a quart mason jar with XXX written on the lid, origin unknown. A friend, half smashed already, decided to burn some in the lid, forgetting that the lid was two pieces and the bit of shine spilled into the sink. She then put some in a spoon and lit it, forgetting that it will burn almost invisibly. The spoon got hot and she dropped it into the sink, setting her mother's dishes on fire with the previously spilled amount. It was pretty good stuff.
Check out the movie Lawless about moonshine. A friend's grandfather was famous for making shine he was invited to the World's Fair in Knoxville TN to demonstrate it. There is an old documentary about him called Raw Mash.
The last time I had moonshine I'd also started drinking rum again. I had forgotten that rum was basically water, switched to the moonshine, then the next thing I remember I woke up. XD
My great grandfather moonshined for his daughter, my great aunt in W Virginia after her husband passed. I remember my grandmother telling me that stuff took the paint of the hood off the car.
I have a copy of my great grandfather's handwritten copy of how to make moonshine. A family story is that during the Civil War one great grandfather made moonshine, sold it to the Union troops and gave it to Confederate troops for free. He was from Alabama.
No one who has ever drank Moonshine the first time said that was "soft" or "smooth".. lol.. peach.. watermelon.. apple pie.. all variations of the proof.. but you wan't a cup of ice water near you to thin most of them.. I look forward to the day you get a more "realistic" version. Thanks for the try guys..
True Ozo is opium based and not legal in the United States. My friend and his buddy got drunk on Ozo and vodka and had to be brought back to the ship in stretchers. He was out for 3 days. When he finally sobered up some he went to the bathroom hit the water fountain and out again. Medical checked him 3-4 times a day.
My roommate was taught how to make moonshine by making some using someone else's equipment. Melted through the container he had it in,and bubbled the polish on the table it was sitting on. Got it in big glass jars and gifted it to family and friends who thought they were tough sh**'s...
Smoky Mountain moonshine is some of the best over here. They make it in Gatlinburg Tennessee about an hour from me and if you just go on the moonshine tour and get your 3 shots from every place, your drunk by the end of it lol
As the legend goes. When the US separated from Britain one of the first things they did was tax alcohol so the Scotts and Irish said "screw you" and moved to the mountains and this is supposedly the original of the Moonshine industry in the Appalachian mountains. A good home brew moonshine is a thing of beauty (not the mass produced stuff you can now get in the stores)
"That's what you first start drinking when you're 13" My 13 year old self puking up 101 proof just texted me and called 13 year old you a sissy. Anyone else start there drinking career on ICE 101? How evil was that shit amiright...
Been privy to some boys sharing some shine from the Appalachian mountains. I was a young buck beer drinker. Took a huge drink from the Mason jar, went down so smooth, the guys were chuckling, and a couple seconds later it felt like a chimney sweep shoved a metal bristle chimney brush down my throat and began to spin the brush. The pain and inability to breath was a moment I learned I was a boy trying to act like a man.
A couple of folks I've met made some gross moonshine. 100 proof and tasted and smelled like rubbing alcohol. Then, I met a one armed old Aussie deep in the Sierra mountains of Northern California. One-armed John made the best corn moonshine ever. So darn smooth and as someone that prefers weed over alcohol, I couldn't stop drinking it. Got so slammed and didn't get sick at all. Yup, smooth but burns.
Ok Now I didn't know this was an ASMR stream of Pouring moonshine.Yet its such a satisfying sound. I guess now you have to create an ASMR stream. Your Welcome. xD
Bootleg Blackberry Moonshine is the best. The kind you get from someone who knows someone. Don't ask and they don't tell. Here in North Carolina we have a history of excellent moonshiners.
My grandfather used to make moonshine way back in the day but he still had access from his pals when I got old enough. That shit would wreck you. It was smooth going down but once it was in your belly it let you know.
When I lived in Tennessee I saw the ultimate stereotypical moonshine drinker. She pulled up in an old junky station wagon beside my car in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly and about eight very dirty children in rags and bare feet came piling out and went into the store. Toothless mom sat in the car and while she waited she drank what I'm betting was homemade moonshine out of a mason jar and listened to that real twangy country music on the radio.
Unless you get it from a guy who knows a guy, it's not real moonshine.
Yup!
@Channon Legier No, that is incorrect. It's not just about alcohol content...it's the process...the history.
@Channon Legier The culture, history, and process behind a spirit is SOOOO much more important than "Hey, these 2 things have similar alcohol contents."
@Channon Legier Do you buy everclear from a guy who knows a guy who distilled it in the woods by moonlight? No. You buy it at a store.
@Channon Legier Everclear is a brand name created by a company legally recognized by the government...so already, you are wrong.
real moonshine can run a car
That's what I came to say lol. Thank you.
And make you blind right lol first time i ever got drunk was off Moonshine. Good times lol
@@JordanJMyers it is true unfortunately, but it depends on the dink making it that doesnt toss the first jar
Or if they freeze distill it
It could run older cars, but can't now.
Everclear is prolly the closest thing to real moonshine that you can buy in the store
Yeah 191 everclear
When distilling liquor you can never distill to 100% as water and alcohol want to stay together to a certain amount.
So with a fractionating still you can get 191.
If you want anhydrous alcohol AKA pure alcohol 100% 200 proof.... You have to use a molecular sieve such as zeolite.
The water is much smaller molecule than alcohol, the water goes into the zeolite. Then once all the water is absorbed by the zealite, you pour the alcohol out of the jar and it is 100% pure
Or Spirytus.
You can find Everclear 195 in stores.
Everclear is strong my drink of choice is vodka straight and I like to have a sip of water after every swig (for 40 percent alcohol vodka)
Everclear Is so much stronger you REALLY need that sip of water to help with the burning in the throat.
@@liamengram6326 go buy a bottle , take a picture and I'll send you twice the price of the bottle.
Everclear does not make a 195 brother
You cannot distill alcohol to that purity, you have to use a molecular sieve as I described.
No company is going to go to the extra cost of doing that, for a couple more percent alcohol.
If you need more pure alcohol than 191 then you can simply buy anhydrous alcohol.. 200 proof meant for the medical industry.
And to be honest everclear doesn't make a 191 either only a 190.
I keep using 191 because that's basically the possible limits of distillation.
And I knew everclear was basically at that threshold.
But they most assuredly do not make a 195
You're probably thinking of 95% alcohol by volume which would be 190 AKA everclear
That " moonshine" y'all got is what we here in Tennessee use to cut our teeth in drinking we we were still n middle school n high school. 😂😂😂
A fellow Tennessee'an
Exactly. Pretty sure they cant get the strong stuff there,as in it's illegal.
I want to see em drink some 190 proof. Or 90% percent alcohol.
👏👏👏👏👏 absolutely
@@K1ngHardaway Ah yet another Tennessean here. Howdy fellers!
Y’all make the good stuff down there. It makes up to my neck up the woods (Ohio)from time to time.
I see lots of other Americans have commented so I'll just add this observation: I don't drink. Both of my parents were alcoholics and it's just a road I've never traveled. But, I grew up in a hard-drinking family and my dad and my uncles have made a little 'Shine now and again and most people, upon trying it for the first time, would compare it to drinking paint stripper or something equally wicked. No offense to the stuff you purchased, but I am comfortable saying it's not real moonshine. No way would a first time drinker of moonshine talk about it being "Nice", and rapidly go from one to the next, trying 3 versions in 10 minutes.
ya i only saw real moonshine once, and it was poured into a spoon(not a shot) and lit on fire first to bring down the alcohol content. It was still strong even after that.
I was in high school in the '80's and I agree with you with an exception. Good shine should be smooth, but finding that was rare even then. Luckily, I was "the guy that knew a guy" and had my share of the good stuff. Watched a 7'4" guy turn up a dixie cup and he just kept going back, like in slow motion. Everybody just watched him hit the floor and before you say why didn't somebody catch him?, it was one of those moments where you had to be there. A bunch of teenagers partying and it just happened. I've drank a fifth of both Jack and Jose all at once (not the same night) and I wouldn't have attempted a half-pint of the stuff we drank. I wasn't an alcoholic, I drank to get drunk quick or chug 3 beers before a softball game to slow down my mind where I could play without thinking about it. I might try 3 different kinds in 10 minutes and I might call them "Nice", but with a different meaning than these guys. I wouldn't have any plans for the rest of the day either.
Very true, paint thinner mixed with hellfire with a rusty aftertaste
Good moonshine does have good flavor profiles once it’s proofed down to about 80 or 90. Straight out of the still it’s like 120-170 proof so of course THAT won’t be pleasant. This stuff is proofed way down for legal purposes, which is why it tastes better. And I agree, real moonshine is made in the woods under the moonlight.
Yall need to come over to the USA and have some real shine!
I feel like the commercial “moonshine” is more moonshine like liquor. Real backwoods moonshine is legit dangerous. Y’all could react to the show “Moonshiners”
Yeah, when I heard the "high proof" stuff was 50%, I knew it wasn't the real stuff. I've had "moonshine" that tasted like candy. It was cinnamon apple. Really good, but was too sweet like a dessert. Not what I expected at all. I assumed it would be something closer to 95% Everclear. This stuff just seems like dessert liquor.
@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 It is. It almost has a melon taste from the spring water, but burns like fire going down.
The real stuff, if made poorly, can result in high amounts of methanol. Methanol can blind and poison people given that it is a gasoline additive.
@@americansmark There's an interesting video by the channel chubbyemu that talks about a guy who had a medical emergency from moonshine because of the methanol content. It was a good watch.
@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 lmao I've had everclear, from the BX from my house, I drank almost the whole little bottle of it and remember waking up naked in my house with the front door open. I have absolutely no idea or recollection to what happened.
@@Jason_Van_Stone
That stuff is dangerous and its i think the third most alcoholic drink in the world.
Incoming, “that’s not real moonshine” in 3...2...
Well they did say that themselves at 1:45 reading the distillers' label. Traditional shine is corn mash not grain base. But still great video.
Yeah real moonshine is 95℅+ or 190 proof or more corn whiskey without the flavoring.
We all know that was a guarantee particularly when it's 50 proof .
@@thomasohanlon1060 actually moonshine was/is made with whatever type of grain is available and fermented with sugar. Whiskey is pure grain, no sugar, and aged.
Grandpa is just walking away shaking his head saying .
" Mr . Capone would drop you in the local river trying and sell him that !"
Coworker makes his own. Traditionally, it's made from corn mash, but corn whiskey isn't as smooth as wheat. This is more like a wheated bourbon that isn't aged in casks. Still good and essentially the same thing, though. The flavored ones are what hillbillies call 'homemade wine'. The clear shine is often called 'Mountain Dew' (which is where the soda got its name), Holler Hooch, or White Lightning. You know you've got the food stuff when you can spit onto a fire and create a fireball. 🤣
Btw Daz, we don't call it 'Grandpa's Old Cough Medicine' for nothing. 😉
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
*hiccup*
Oooo I like it!
Rye is bomb, that’s what I use
Best moonshine I ever had I bought from some farmer, who was selling out of the back of his truck at a Bluegrass festival here in Kentucky. Homemade, actual moonshine. Had whole cherries in it. Eat one cherry and be half drunk. Good stuff.
yea, i've seen that before. A lot of my friends drink moonshine (1 of them makes it) so they tend to gravitate towards his house. lol
What a minute...50 proof? Thats only 25% by volume.
190 Proof is where you get into the strong stuff.
@Kmac Vlogs
I've never seen anyone drink a shot of Ever Clear with out reacting.
I want to see em try.
I get my Moonshine from my cousins up in Georgia.....homemade and 92% (I think that's 184 proof) I think they said. Let's just say 4 shots and I can't remember anything the next day....that stuff will grow hair on your chest !
That ain’t Moonshine obviously
Had some homemade moonshine before. Super strong but so good!!!
In my Chem III class in high school we made distilled alcohol. My partner and I produced 93% pure alcohol (186 proof). One of the guys took a bottle home and didn't show back up in school for several days as he was "sick," at which time our teacher said, "I hope nobody drank any of this, as we produced rubbing alcohol." Dude about fell out of his chair. 😂😂😂
Lucky he didn't go blind or die
I can't wait until someone from Tennessee imports them real moonshine for a video. Office Bloke Dave will have a tan after!
Office blokes try to assemble IKEA furniture
While piss drunk
In college, we used to cut up fruit and soak the fruit in Everclear (190 proof) along with some punch. One red solo cup later and you are properly done for.
And never felt it coming
2 gallons of bunch and a fifth of Everclear. Why didn’t I finish college? Great memories.
In the southern USA most true southerners know someone who makes moonshine or knows someone who knows someone who makes it. It is not a lost art. It’s a tradition.
There's some moonshiner traditionalists in Northern Appalachia too. The Scots-Irish tradition of moonshine dies hard, if at all.
My Great Uncle was a moonshiner when I was young. He made Elderberry moonshine to.
Moonshine is un-aged corn whiskey using the sour mash method.
Moonshine is basically whisky, that hasn't been put through the aging process.
The moonshine I’ve had has been 85% alcohol or higher. Your head starts buzzing before you even swallow the shot lol
I had a supervisor in the military from Kentucky. He brought me a big mason jar of some shine after he took leave. I have to say there really is no comparison between shine and commercially sold alcohol.
Hipster moonshine in quotes is lost on me
It is because of the Moonshiners, that we (U.S.A.) have Nascar racing. It was cops chasing the moonshiners. True story!
Actually it was born from the bootleggers playing the my penis is bigger than yours game seeing who had the fastest car. Most moonshiners producing mass selling amounts wouldn't run it because it doubled the chances of getting caught. They used relatives friends or those that proved their loyalty as bootleggers and some used people they disliked just to save family and friends from the heartbreak of prison. People take NASCAR's embellished story to heart and refuse to even listen to some facts. Yours truly a 75 year old retired bootlegger.
@@stbr9571 I'm from New York and we were running stock cars on half mile horse tracks as early as 1946, so with or without moonshine, NASCAR was gonna happen.
As a grandchild of prohibition, it ain’t shine if you got it in a store. Family recipes are the best.
The homemade Moonshine I’ve had you could probably use to strip paint lol
50 proof isn’t moonshine 😂
This bar I used to go to had moonshine soaked cherries and they would make you’re whole tongue numb lol
Went to a candy + alcohol themed party once. They had those cherries along with "boozy bears" (gummi-bears soaked in moonshine), skittles vodka, etc. Hardly ate anything besides candy that night. HORRIFIC hangover. 20 year old me wasn't very smart...Had to go to a family party the next day and had to rush to the bathroom a couple times. That's how I learned copious amounts of sugar + alcohol = bad morning...actually, I probably learned that many times before lol, this was just extreme.
The store bought ones are good and I enjoy several, but they will never compare to the stuff my grand daddy made. He, his three brothers and their father all ran shine back in the day. I make some myself now using his recipe, but I can never get it quite right. I'll for sure keep trying though. I do make a really good cherry pie.
Are you using spring water or city water that matters a lot in the making of moonshine
@@deannaledford1270 Spring water ma'am. If I were to use tap water, my ancestors would come up out of the grave and get me.
@@deannaledford1270 And not store bought spring water or anything. Water from an actual spring that is on my property. Thought I need to add that. I hope you have a wonderful day.
All the moonshine I've ever seen was made out of corn. And none of it could be bought at a store because it had no tax stamp. I would ship you some but customs would shit a brick. LOL!
Have any of you had the Jameson Cold brew or any of the drinks that can be made with it!
Moonshine is whiskey that’s not aged in oak barrels. It’s whisky fresh off the still.
Man when I was younger here in Missouri, we had a lot of Amish friends and partied with them on occasion they were a blast. Anyways, they of course always had their own real moonshine, talking 150 proof 75% alcohol. Threw up so hard after a couple of shots, and it burned so bad down and back up. The throat when you drank it, all the way down, intense burn x100 from whiskey or anything else I have had. The old saying of "makes the hair on your balls stand up", well I can confirm.
Saw my Uncle drink moonshine about 60 years ago. It was made by some of the locals up in the hills. You had to know somebody who knew somebody. Lol
Moonshine is simple unaged corn whisky. It's clear because it isn't put into barrels to age where the caramel color would normally be absorbed from the wood. To make it, you sprad corn in a dark place (like a barn loft) and water it thoroughly so that it starts to germinate. Once it reaches germination, you need to stop that process so you fill the area with smoke. At this point, the maximum amount of sugar is present in the sprouting corn kernels. The corn is then collected and mashed in a large container with water and some yeast. There it ferments for a few days (7-14). The mash looks a lot like sloppy oatmeal at this point. At that point, the "sour mash" is poured into a still. The still consists of a large copper container (or tub), copper coils that act as evaporators and connect to another thump tub (a smaller container) that makes a thumping noise when the temperature reaches the optimum level and the alcohol begins to flow.
Add a heat source below the first tub (usually fire or propane) to heat the mixture to between 65-70 degrees celsius (below the boiling point of water). It should never be more than 75 cdegree celsisus. The alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than water so it evaporates first into the coils that cool it and drop it into the thump tub where it cools to room temperature.
Once the distilled mixture is evaporated and cooled to room temperature, it will have the appearance of water. The unevaoprated portion remains in teh first tub to be discarded or used to as animal feed. At the point you have alcohol flowing into the thump tub, simply open the tap in the bottom of the thump tub to drain the first 5% of the alcohol which is the toxic isopropyl alcohol portion. Once this is allowed to pour off, the rest is drinkable and is bottled for consumption. The taste is strong and the smell is like isopropyl alcohol.
At actual professional wisky distillers, this is the point at which the whisky would be poured into barrels and aged for between 3 and 21 years to absorbt he color and taste of the wood. But in the case of moonshine the quality of the flavor was never as important as supplying speakeasies and roadhouses with a ready supply of cheap potent clear moonshine that was mixed with other things to make cocktails. It was called moonshine because it was usually made and transported in the middle of the night by the light of the moon during prohibition to avoid law enforcement.
If you are outside of The Appalachian's it's not real Moonshine.
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P.S. my grandpappy would use his shine to start the tractor...and clean the motor.
Was a good paint stripper too.
Instant clicked when I saw the title 👌
Not moonshine ☺️
"I know a guy who makes moonshine."
"Is it the sun?"
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I've had a small amount presented to me in a quart mason jar with XXX written on the lid, origin unknown. A friend, half smashed already, decided to burn some in the lid, forgetting that the lid was two pieces and the bit of shine spilled into the sink. She then put some in a spoon and lit it, forgetting that it will burn almost invisibly. The spoon got hot and she dropped it into the sink, setting her mother's dishes on fire with the previously spilled amount.
It was pretty good stuff.
Check out the movie Lawless about moonshine. A friend's grandfather was famous for making shine he was invited to the World's Fair in Knoxville TN to demonstrate it. There is an old documentary about him called Raw Mash.
Skip to 3:21 for the drinking part Blokes!
The last time I had moonshine I'd also started drinking rum again. I had forgotten that rum was basically water, switched to the moonshine, then the next thing I remember I woke up. XD
NASCAR dreams boys, good on you from South Carolina.
Dick Trickle , Johnson , all them oldtimers cut there teeth hauling shine.
My great grandfather moonshined for his daughter, my great aunt in W Virginia after her husband passed. I remember my grandmother telling me that stuff took the paint of the hood off the car.
I have a copy of my great grandfather's handwritten copy of how to make moonshine. A family story is that during the Civil War one great grandfather made moonshine, sold it to the Union troops and gave it to Confederate troops for free. He was from Alabama.
im in nc, usa, its available , if you know where to get it
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I've had my share of moonshine and NONE of it came in a jar with a label. 🥴
No one who has ever drank Moonshine the first time said that was "soft" or "smooth".. lol.. peach.. watermelon.. apple pie.. all variations of the proof.. but you wan't a cup of ice water near you to thin most of them.. I look forward to the day you get a more "realistic" version. Thanks for the try guys..
I’ll send you a bottle of ever-clear if you want to try the high test stuff
Better if you keep your shine in the freezer, it goes down easier.
My family used to make moonshine in South Carolina and my coworkers family makes it and brought some up from Alabama.
Next time you get some moonshine, try the peach cobbler if you can get it or even just the peach one. The peach one has slices of peach in it.
I'll join the chorus, the moonshine I've had was 180 proof, that shit dear God. After 2 drinks you're lucky to still be walking.
You guys should try Ouzo !!! THAT stuff is something you will remember !!!
True Ozo is opium based and not legal in the United States.
My friend and his buddy got drunk on Ozo and vodka and had to be brought back to the ship in stretchers. He was out for 3 days. When he finally sobered up some he went to the bathroom hit the water fountain and out again.
Medical checked him 3-4 times a day.
OB Mike coming in strong with the Anthony Hopkins energy today
It’s not just in movies. that’s really how you drink it, pass the jar around!
real moonshine with fruit in the jar is the best. couple shots and then a slice of peach. goodnight sir!
My roommate was taught how to make moonshine by making some using someone else's equipment. Melted through the container he had it in,and bubbled the polish on the table it was sitting on. Got it in big glass jars and gifted it to family and friends who thought they were tough sh**'s...
Y'all should try the drink called Hand Grenade. Make it and try it. The recipe is online.
Smoky Mountain moonshine is some of the best over here. They make it in Gatlinburg Tennessee about an hour from me and if you just go on the moonshine tour and get your 3 shots from every place, your drunk by the end of it lol
Somebody ship some "REAL" moonshine to these guys. That drink you got in hand is what we drink as children.
I wish I could send you blokes some Kansas City beers! There's a local brewery called Boulevard which makes some great beers, stouts, & ales.
Tank 7 is pretty good
If it ain't corn whiskey, it ain't moonshine !!! 50 proff !?!? Lol ! You can burn moonshine in you car !!!
My father is from South Carolina and when he was younger it was made in the bathtub
Bathtub gin
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Homebrew or bathtub beer.
Moonshine from a grocery/ liquor store?! 🤣😂 If no blue flame when set on fire it is water! Lol
Try cinnamon toast cruch shot, half fireball half rumchata... delicious
Real shine will make you take back things you never stole.
Try Everclear 190 pure grain alcohol.
Real moonshine is 190 also
Have Apple Pie or butterscotch moonshine. That is what we use to drink when I was growing up in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.
You need the moonshine that makes your car run. 😂
As the legend goes. When the US separated from Britain one of the first things they did was tax alcohol so the Scotts and Irish said "screw you" and moved to the mountains and this is supposedly the original of the Moonshine industry in the Appalachian mountains. A good home brew moonshine is a thing of beauty (not the mass produced stuff you can now get in the stores)
"That's what you first start drinking when you're 13"
My 13 year old self puking up 101 proof just texted me and called 13 year old you a sissy.
Anyone else start there drinking career on ICE 101?
How evil was that shit amiright...
Last time I had some good homemade I got a quart for trade. It looked more like bourbon because the batch was stored in used whiskey barrels.
"Based on that first one..." famous last words lol
Been privy to some boys sharing some shine from the Appalachian mountains. I was a young buck beer drinker. Took a huge drink from the Mason jar, went down so smooth, the guys were chuckling, and a couple seconds later it felt like a chimney sweep shoved a metal bristle chimney brush down my throat and began to spin the brush. The pain and inability to breath was a moment I learned I was a boy trying to act like a man.
That berry moonshine and some 7up 👀
I’d love to see you boys try some homemade moonshine, from what I’ve heard from my buddies it’s a whole lot stronger than in-store stuff
A couple of folks I've met made some gross moonshine. 100 proof and tasted and smelled like rubbing alcohol. Then, I met a one armed old Aussie deep in the Sierra mountains of Northern California. One-armed John made the best corn moonshine ever. So darn smooth and as someone that prefers weed over alcohol, I couldn't stop drinking it. Got so slammed and didn't get sick at all. Yup, smooth but burns.
Ok Now I didn't know this was an ASMR stream of Pouring moonshine.Yet its such a satisfying sound. I guess now you have to create an ASMR stream. Your Welcome. xD
You need to try Cherry Bounce moonshine. It is brewed in the hills of Appalachia North Carolina. There is even a festival dedicated to thjs spirit.
Bootleg Blackberry Moonshine is the best. The kind you get from someone who knows someone. Don't ask and they don't tell. Here in North Carolina we have a history of excellent moonshiners.
this is a cocktail they slap the word moonshine on lol. you can spit fire with real moonshine
I never seen moonshine less than 100 proof?
My grandfather used to make moonshine way back in the day but he still had access from his pals when I got old enough. That shit would wreck you. It was smooth going down but once it was in your belly it let you know.
When I lived in Tennessee I saw the ultimate stereotypical moonshine drinker. She pulled up in an old junky station wagon beside my car in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly and about eight very dirty children in rags and bare feet came piling out and went into the store. Toothless mom sat in the car and while she waited she drank what I'm betting was homemade moonshine out of a mason jar and listened to that real twangy country music on the radio.
Moonshine is basically unaged whiskey, usually from corn base.
You should have tried American corn moonshine.
I don't know how but I instantly got a Man Utd feel from these guys lol.
Cracking vid though lads.
Come on over to Tennessee…I’ll get y’all some good stuff 🤌🏻🔥
Do Everclear
Some people around here down south right call it moonshine we call it white lightning or Panthers breath
Warning: NEVER drink moonshine that is cloudy in appearance.
If it weren’t for moonshine, I wouldn’t have half my kids. 😁😁😁
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Still waiting for the century egg challenge, any good Chinese food shop near to you should sell them.