OK, so there's this guy on H2, calls himself a moonshiner, but he has a licensed still.

[Brigid]

Isn't that kind of missing the point?

[In_The_Wind]

1. Strange. Very strange!

[Chan790]

2. Perhaps. It's a bit of a vernacular problem.

The corn-mash liquor produced from such stills is identical to that produced by the same stills 20 years ago when it was not-possible (not that any of the 'shiners I knew would have gotten one if it were possible) to get licensing for a small-batch commercial corn-mash liquor distillery and it really was moonshine.

It's sold in liquor stores as moonshine (one brand sold is "White Lightning" which was also a euphemism for moonshine), but...yes, if they wanted to be precise, it's un-aged corn-whiskey, applejack or peachjack depending on the source of the fermenting sugars...and the output of the unlicensed small-batch potato-vodka distillation two chemist friends of mine set up in an unused dorm-room in college was moonshine vodka.

[Brigid]

3. Yeah, but what's the fun of that?

If I'm gonna to make moonshine, I wanna go driving around in a souped-up 1940 Ford and be chased by revenooers and stuff.

[surrealAmerican]

6. That's what applejack is?

I thought it was hard cider after freezing and removing the part that froze.

[Chan790]

7. You can use an ice-distillation instead.

Generally, applejack refers to any distilled apple liquor.

[Aristus]

4. Yeah, the name 'moonshine' implies that is was distilled clandestinely (at night)

to avoid trouble with the law.

If there's no trouble with the law, it's just hard liquor...

[MiddleFingerMom]

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