Comments on: A Brief History of Hooch

By: country boy

country boy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Karo corn syrup, some yeast, water and a teakettle still with ice on the cooling tube, run it twice and bam, u got some dam good shine.

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By: EV

EV — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:36:21 +0000

Ethanol, when produced in an ethanol plant, actually has 10 or 15% petrol based fuel added to it (can’t remember if it’s diesel or regular) , which they call ‘denaturing’. Without this step, the ethanol would be consumable, and therefore subject to liquor taxes.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:14:19 +0000

A favoured method in India is to wrap hooch-filled rubber cycle tubes around the torso under the shirt to get into those states which have Prohibition. Very handy dispensers too.

By: kelly

kelly — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:01:25 +0000

I work in a bar, and while alot of people try to make their own wine, moonshine is rare. You would be suprised to know however, that at least a quarter of our regular customers now roll their own ciggarettes at least part of the time since they are close to 6$ a pack

By: mark

mark — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:30:31 +0000

You can buy legal moonshine “Virginia Lightning” at Virginia’s ABC stores.

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:21:16 +0000

A former math teacher makes biofuels here in WNC and he’s explained to me before the similarities between making biodiesel/ethanol and moonshine. He might be one of the few that figured things out backwards: biofuel first, then moonshine.

By: ac

ac — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:31:07 +0000

I’m with you, Doc

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:30:32 +0000

There may be a legal comeback for moonshiners, though, as the distilling process (see diagrams here) is similar to the process needed to create ethanol.

Uh, Jason, ethanol=alcohol.

By: Leahpet

Leahpet — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:35:19 +0000

Please see Western NC/Eastern TN’s loveable old moonshine maker “Popcorn” Sutton. All you need do is Google the name. Writer of the nonfiction work Me and My Likker, Popcorn is a local hero of sorts. I hear tell he recently got married, again.

By: hunter

hunter — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:46:34 +0000

Growing up in rural eastern KY I have had more than a few experiences with moonshine. When I was a child there were still numerous small time moonshiners that operated single stills in the middle of the woods. You’ve got to be careful, however, as these morons will often artificially “flavor” shine with ingredients such as anti freeze. Yum, yum.