Moonshine

[BoldHighlander]

Yep, you read correctly.

My sister, who use to head up promotions/sponsorship for the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) & now does the same job for a very well known & televised "yearly" rodeo out of north Texas (I won't mention its name) sent me this photo yesterday of a mason jar of honest to goodness, gen-u-wine moonshine:



My sis' wrote that a PRCA barrleman (that's the rodeo clown who sits in the barrel during the bull riding event) that she's known for years came down from Arkansas to work her rodeo and brought this jar of 'shine down for her.
She wrote that he "uses cinnamon sticks so has a cinnamon apple flavor to it - he calls it apple jack moonshine. Jacob at work calls it "Christmas cheer". Warm it up a little, have a fire going and do a little sippin'."

Anyhow, I thought some of y'all would like to see the real article.

p.s. ~ I told her that next time she comes up to visit (later this year) she needs to bring a jar with her so I can give it a tasting!

[Joshua]

Good old applepie... shine proofed with apple juice instead of water...

Too easy to drink, although dad was partial to shine soaked in marishino cherries... he'd always pretend not to look when I'd steal the cherries as a kid. Probably helped me sleep.

[Tartan Hiker]

Here's a link to our local 'shine. It's legal, and it wasn't made using old radiators.



http://troyandsons.com/

[Burly Brute]

If you're gonna love your country, you're gonna have to love moonshine'n! -Tickle

I love that new show, and have recently found out my ggpa made a bit of moonshine in his time.

And here is a funny story, years back my grandfather, living in Arizona at the time, was asked by some of his friends at the mine he worked at if he could get them some moonshine when he visited Tennessee again, so when he did visit again he went down to the jail to ask his sheriff friend if he could get some shine, which he did end up giving him some from their evidence room.


-BB

[BoldHighlander]

And here is a funny story, years back my grandfather, living in Arizona at the time, was asked by some of his friends at the mine he worked at if he could get them some moonshine when he visited Tennessee again, so when he did visit again he went down to the jail to ask his sheriff friend if he could get some shine, which he did end up giving him some from their evidence room.

Nice!

[Joshua]

If you're gonna love your country, you're gonna have to love moonshine'n! -Tickle

I love that new show, and have recently found out my ggpa made a bit of moonshine in his time.
-BB

That is an interesting show, but I have to say, it's full of a lot of crap too. Some of it is downright painful to watch. Maybe I've been sheltered, but every drop of homemade liquor I've ever *allegedly* partook in, has been carefully made in pot stills, from a mash of mostly corn, by a person that took pride in what they did. No bleach, no radiators, no formaldehyde.

My last two jars were from Popcorn himself by way of my father, while he was still in Maggie Valley (egads, back in 2006). Couple of years later, Dad passed away. In the paper with my father's obituary (The Waynesville Mountaineer), the front page news was that Popcorn Sutton had been busted again. This was the last time, as a few months after that he killed himself.

I lost pretty much all of my Hillbilly roots the year my dad died. I'm pretty much a city slicker now, working on computers and living in Florida. And I miss the "likker", but more so I miss the heritage my son is going to miss out on, and that I took for granted up until it was all gone.

Moonshine isn't just a vehicle for inebriation to some people.

[piperdbh]

There's always room for you to come back, Joshua.


That seems to be awfully dark and cloudy to be a jar of corn. It looks more like apple brandy than moonshine.

By the way, store-boughten moonshine just ain't in it compared to the real stuff made by old-timers who know what they're doing.

[cruiser348]

If you're gonna love your country, you're gonna have to love moonshine'n! -Tickle

I love that new show, and have recently found out my ggpa made a bit of moonshine in his time.

And here is a funny story, years back my grandfather, living in Arizona at the time, was asked by some of his friends at the mine he worked at if he could get them some moonshine when he visited Tennessee again, so when he did visit again he went down to the jail to ask his sheriff friend if he could get some shine, which he did end up giving him some from their evidence room.


-BB

All the shine I've had since my uncle who made his own passed away has been offered by someone in law enforcement. It's come from several deputies, couple of small town officers, even a federal marshal, and a county sheriff from Tennessee. Always good to know it must be safe to drink when it comes from guys like that.

[Kiltboy]

Here's a link to our local 'shine. It's legal, and it wasn't made using old radiators.



http://troyandsons.com/

I remember them. And it was so easy to get to, right next to a good brewery. What more do you want?

Found out my dad's side of the family used to 'shine from time to time. But actually loved creating hard cider.

[Joshua]

There's always room for you to come back, Joshua.


That seems to be awfully dark and cloudy to be a jar of corn. It looks more like apple brandy than moonshine.

I wish I could. I pretty much spend every waking day of my life trying to figure out how I could balance my heartfelt need to live in the mountians with land and crops, yet still be a techie and make enough money to live. That, and the real estate + taxes in NC are astronomical. East Tennessee would be more my speed, except I don't know anyone out that ways and it's just as hard finding work.

P.S. It's pretty popular to proof real strong (160+ proof) shine down to about 90 proof with apple juice to make applepie. Not to be confused with apple jack, which is freeze-distilled hard cider.