Moonshining ain't easy....

We watched Christmas episodes of moonshiners master distiller and it was hilarious!We were wondering what everyone drinks during the holidays?Is it wine,beer,coqito,rum chata,moonshine..that you drink?.

For the holidays.

Brandy and Egg Nog. Not much, just a glass or two a day at most. That is a tasty combination I wouldn't want to get sick off it.

Non holidays would be bourbon and coke. About 1 a week or month. I don't drink like I used to but still like the flavor now and then.

My neighbor makes moonshine. I think it tastes horrible but him and his buddies like it. They have a small still in his barn and make about one gallon per batch. They are gentleman moonshiners so they use high quality ingredients. Have a full stainless steel setup. Looks like a chemistry lab.

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A friend of mine has on and off tried to get me to help him recreate his families' Moonshine recipe. He figures my attention to detail would help produce some good quality drinkin' stuff. I'm not a drinking man, but I am intrigued. The recipe is made with corn, honey and brown sugar. His father says we're also going to need some barrels because it's got to age in wood and the 'still has to be ALL-Copper. Sounds like Good quality stuff, but what do I know? I find it fascinating to no end and the really funny part is.... it's not illegal to make in small batches in Canada. As long as I don't plan to distribute it.

Cool stuff!They sell a moonshine brand in liquor stores comes in a mason jar with fruit in the moonshine.Had some years ago 1 and a half glass and I was looped!Lol! Moonshiners tv show returns Jan 2nd.

I have a 10 gallon all copper still, thumper and worm. I'm in Missouri where it is legal for personal use. Can't sell or transport. I have a sip now and then but really do it just for fun. My goal is to perfect brandy in several flavors. Apple, Peach, maybe Apricot. I do personally think a copper still makes a difference in taste.

Always ask any moonshiner:
tell me about how you separate your methanol from your still’s drinking liquor.

It used to be common for high volume moonshiners to use soldered brass car radiators which put lead in moonshine.

Sears used to sell a stainless steel 1.1 gallon stainless steel electric powered, air cooler coil water distiller.
Today eBay has similar 4 liter stainless steel water distilling units.

In North Carolina I first saw Mason Jars of moonshine with charred oak floating inside.

The latest research from the 500,000 people in the UK Biobank estimates that a drink containing 7 grams of alcohol might be the “beneficial to human health” daily limit.
7 grams of 100 proof is just one shot glass.

If you eat a high fiber diet up to 10 grams of alcohol will be made in your gut.
This alcohol does not go through the stomach.
While in the stomach some alcohol gets turned into the chemical Acetaldehyde.
Your brain can get highly addicted to even small amounts of Acetaldehyde.

I have an ancestor who was a moonshiner, an “Overmountain man” at the battle of Kings Mountain and then an upset citizen of Kentucky County of Virginia during The Whiskey Rebellion.

As a first year Boy Scout I heard campfire stories from USA Navy veteran Shirley King, who was a PT Boat crew member on John F Kennedy’s first boat, then briefly on PT 109. Shirley says that JFK had him build and operate a moonshine still to separate methanol from ethanol of Torpedo fuel. Shirley King was sick in hospital and not on PT 109 when it was sliced in two by the Japanese Destroyer Amagriri. Shirley King stood by the side of a highway in Lexington KY to watch then Senator JFK drive by in a convertible. He had not told JFK he would be there. JFK saw him, stopped the parade, and got out to talk to him and shake his hand and be photographed by reporters. JFK later as President nominated Shirley King to paid positions on Federal Commissions.

There is definitely something to that copper thing.

Kevin

The guys Moonshiners always praise the power of cooper.So far today weve been having Mondavi wine and tomorrow our daughter and her boyfriend are bringing us homemaid coqito!

Copper has a unique ability to kill select bacteria.

Alcohol is Yeast Piss.

Yeast is a Fungi, not Bacteria.

Silver and Zinc also have select killing ability.

There was “A Tear in their Beer”
the dry experiment started Jan 16

https://www.aol.com/news/day-history-january-16-1919-050256607.html

note picture of still near end

Lately the Moonshiners gang on tv are trying to turn old unsellable beer into moonshine!I don't see it but I don't make moonshine!Lol

my brother tried making 'shine back when he was in high school.
i would rather drink gasoline !

I made some rum in HS, don't know the proof, but it was high enough to burn.

It was also nasty. More of a can I do it thing than anything else.

i had a boss years back that made some beer at home. [my brother tried THAT too, GAAAKKKK !]
that was the BEST home made beer i have ever tasted !
however, he fell off his porch roof while power washing his house.
here's to you sir ! R.I.P.

Coffee, water, orrnge juice, Mountain Dew with Snickers and cashews

On moonshiners they were drinking Pappy Van Winkles Bourbon costs $2,500 a bottle or more!Anybody ever drink this?