Anybody ever drink moonshine?

[mwtdvm]

not "shine" but..

We "found" a 5 gal canister of 95% USP ethanol with about 3 1/2 gals remaining, suitable for food, drug or investigational use. We checked the inventory records and it had been zeroed off in '68(this was '72), So for the next year we investigated the heck out of it. When I graduated there was about a finger's width left. It had a bit of a bite to it but when diluted, was definitely "white lightning"

 

[A10]

I've had some good corn, some distilled potato wine, and I have a pint of fermented sugar base in the kitchen right now! That sugar base is some good stuff, but I think it's gonna last me a while!

 

[Stu Honea]

I was about 13 and my cousin was a year older.We knew Uncle John kept a jug of white lightning under his bed.
He had spent 20 years in the US Army and 20 more in the Canadian Army. When he would get a little too much he'd put on one of his uniforms with a chest full of medals and loudly tell stories of his exploits,then hug everybody and cry on their shoulders.He saluted a lot too.
We retreived the jug from under the bed and flipped a quarter to see who went first. I won. I threw it up on my shoulder like I had seen in the movies,and took a slug.
Make ya' wanna holler hidey ho?? I don't think so! It took my breath away and I ran through the house and out the back door.The back porch was about 8 feet off the ground and I ran off it and kept on running trying to get my breath.
Gary was right behind me yelling"SOMEBODY COME QUICK,STU'S NEARLY DEAD!"
I thunk I were,too. The old folks were a little upset with us,but Gary was hollerin' "I didn't do it." That boy abandoned me when I needed him the most.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Some of the best shine I have ever had came from Kiln Mississippi-I mean smooooooooooth as a newborns backside.
We have a guy who used to make "rum" with the sugar cane squeezin's and I got to tell ya, while not as smooth as the Kiln shine, it was pretty darn tasty. You could tast the love he put in it. Old boy was in his 80's chain smoked Picayunes and could drink anyone under the table

 

[CQB27]

I'm from Tennessee so no doubt I have. The good stuff is smooth as silk and has a delayed reaction fuse to it. The bad stuff is worse than the stomach flu. The old reliable test is set it on fire in a tablespoon. If it burns with a blue flame it's good stuff.

You can also shake it up and note the size of the bubbles. The bigger the bubble the worse the batch. Stay away from "Frog Eyed" shine!

 

[Sprefix]

I've had some and love it at room temp for sipping. Sometimes, with a little cranberry juice. I wish I had some now.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I'm from Tennessee so no doubt I have. The good stuff is smooth as silk and has a delayed reaction fuse to it. The bad stuff is worse than the stomach flu. The old reliable test is set it on fire in a tablespoon. If it burns with a blue flame it's good stuff.

Shine? Oh yesssss. A word of caution, though. Never let it get hot in the jug! That'll spoilt it quick like...

 

[tops]

I have saw a lot of people drink that smoooooth homemade liker. Take a big gulp, make a face and shiver and say boy that is good. I always wondered if it was good why did they make a face and shiver. Larry

 

[Dennis The B]

I'm originally from Kentucky, and I've had it several times. Some was aged in oak barrels bought from Maker's Mark Distillery, and I've had some which just wasn't very good at all. It tasted more like straight grain alcohol. The stuff aged in barrels had a very good taste, and I wouldn't insult it by drinking it any way but straight.

When my dad was in his teens, and lived in Eddyville, Kentucky, he occasionally drove for William "Big Six" Henderson on moonshine raids. He told me that the Treasury agents and deputy U.S. Marshals were all business. They'd dynamite the stills, keeping just enough for court. "Big Six" retired as a U.S. Deputy Marshal. He is said to have raided over 5,000 stills and made over 5,600 arrests.

 

[JCS&W]

I come from a small rual town in Georgia. We all knew who did and did not make shine, and who make the good stuf. Strangely enough, the best shine I ever tasted was from Cocke County, TN. One of the local LEO's made it and it was very good.

 

[S&W-Keeper]

Yes, I got my first taste in '65.I agree it goes down really smooth, and makes it hard to get up.

 

[pinduck]

we use to buy the used whiskey barrels, put our shine in them and then bury them in the sawdust pile at the sawmill and let them age about a year, great stuff. Very smooth and had a nice color. At the time there was an excellent maker in SE Ohio.

 

[LouisianaJoe]

When I was in college, I met an old black man from Kiln Mississippi that made moonshine. He made some of the smoothest shine that I ever tried. He told me that he made the stuff deep in the woods and would make several runs and mix them until an egg floated in the mix. At that point he said that it was 104 proof. He would buy used oak whiskey barrels and put the shine in them to transport them out of the woods. He said that by bouncing around the old dirt roads he traveled to get out of the woods, that the shine would be "aged" and take on a darker color by the time that he got home.

 

[Penmon]

Your not one of those there revenuers are you?
Shine in a private affair and should not be discussed in polite circles.
Cures whats ails you, good for the gout, rheumatism and makes ugly beautiful.
Warning, the consumption of shine may cause unwanted impregnation , headaches, cameo appearances on reality TV and shotgun weddings.
Only used under supervised conditions and NEVER handle firearms or operate any kind of motor vehicles, including tractors and ATV's while consuming shine.
Penmon

 

[Marshwheeling]

A couple of times I have been given what purported to be moonshine, but never was able to verify its provenance. I have a dirt-biking buddy in Wisconsin who is of Croatian extraction, and who makes some extremely potent plum brandy.

Then I have about half a pop bottle of lechugilla, moonshine tequila that I bought in Batopilas, a supposedly dry town at the bottom of a canyon in Chihuahua, MX. A dry town there means you can't buy off-sale, but you can drink in bars. Not only does lechugilla taste terrible, it will make any good tequila you drink that evening taste awful, too. My stepdaughter described it as "dirt on fire". If anybody wants to come by, I'll be glad to give you a taste. I have had all I'm gonna have.

 

[Muley Gil]

I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of southwest Virginia, two counties west of Patrick County, Virginia, which is known as the Moonshine Capital of the World.

Nuff said.

Also, while I was in Kosovo, the local distilled beverage was known as "rockia" (not sure of the spelling). Now that stuff would take paint offin the wall, while the bottle was still corked!

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

I had my share of moonshine in my younger days.

 

[geddylee10002000]

Tried real shine twice. First time it burned blue on the floor boards of a jeep. Good stuff (potent)(Alabama in a dry county). Second time it came out of it's home in a freezer (Kentucky with a slightly brown color). I seen mention of "apple pie" in previous posts. Never tried it although I have heard stories! I make a concoction called North Dakota Wedding Champagne aka "Red Eye" with Everclear. Yow... It takes some age to it before it smooths out. Yum.

 

[mball]

MuleyGil, I'm gonna have to dispute that title. I live in Western North Carolina in the same county that produced the late, great Popcorn Sutton. Mr. Sutton was the reining national champ when he died. He was to hillbilly what Snoop Dog is to gangsta!!
Mike

 

[Hofstet]

Spent an evening years ago in a local establishment outside of Newport, TN sampling the local "moonshine" with some customers.That's all I can remember about the night.