{"id":1593,"date":"2014-09-07T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/09\/07\/that-aint-moonshine\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:30","slug":"that-aint-moonshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1593","title":{"rendered":"That Ain&#8217;t Moonshine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11538,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.modernman.com\\\/the-moonshine-brands-you-should-taste&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.modernman.com\\\/the-moonshine-brands-you-should-taste&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11539,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Marvin_Sutton&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11540,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=0b5mW2QF6H4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11541,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.discovery.com\\\/tv-shows\\\/moonshiners&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11542,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.discovery.com\\\/tv-shows\\\/moonshiners\\\/bios&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11543,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.history.com\\\/videos\\\/moonshine#moonshine&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.history.com\\\/videos\\\/moonshine&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11544,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/shop.history.com\\\/hillbilly-the-real-story-dvd\\\/detail.php?p=70345&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.history.com\\\/hillbilly-the-real-story-dvd\\\/detail.php?p=70345&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11545,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.alcoholprofessor.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/05\\\/september-is-bourbon-heritage-month&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alcoholprofessor.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/05\\\/september-is-bourbon-heritage-month&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernman.com\/the-moonshine-brands-you-should-taste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernman.com\/the-moonshine-brands-you-should-taste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Booze marketed as &#8220;moonshine&#8221;<\/a> has become popular in the last few years. Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marvin_Sutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popcorn Sutton<\/a>* and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0b5mW2QF6H4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his legend<\/a> had something to do with it, maybe not. Perhaps it was was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery.com\/tv-shows\/moonshiners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discovery Channel series Moonshiners<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery.com\/tv-shows\/moonshiners\/bios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its stars<\/a> Tickle, Tim, Josh, etc. Even the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/videos\/moonshine#moonshine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Channel<\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.history.com\/hillbilly-the-real-story-dvd\/detail.php?p=70345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to get<\/a> in on it.<\/p>\n<p>A dissenting view on what constitutes &#8220;moonshine&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholprofessor.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/05\/september-is-bourbon-heritage-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comes from a post on The Alcohol Professor blog celebrating September as Bourbon Heritage Month.<\/a> In a discussion about sourced bourbon &#8211; whiskey from new micro-distilleries actually made in a giant factory in Lawrenceburg, Indiana &#8211; the author takes exception to calling any unaged whiskey (or white dog) moonshine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Another product choice is to sell an unaged whiskey while some of the other liquid ages in barrels in its cocoon stage on the way to being a bourbon.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Let\u2019s be clear about what this is. Or rather, what it isn\u2019t.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Here\u2019s a checklist.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>\n<p>Are you avoiding the payment of government taxes to release your product?<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><br \/>\nAt any time, was a firearm a necessary component for a transaction between yourself and either your customer or purveyor?<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><br \/>\nTo the best of your knowledge, have you, or anyone you know, been seriously threatened simply because your product exists to the point where you feel it should have a hiding place, just in case?<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><br \/>\nAre you apprehensive about selling your product during broad daylight when anyone can see?<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><br \/>\nHas anyone ever chased you menacingly, especially at night, in order to steal your product from you on the way to a purveyor?<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><br \/>\nAre you on an FBI most wanted list for producing this product?<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>If you answered \u201cyes\u201d to any of the above questions, congratulations! You make moonshine!<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>If not, then your unaged distillate IS NOT NOR EVER WILL BE MOONSHINE!!!<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Deep breath.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I tend to agree with this assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The only real moonshine I can remember drinking was over 30 years ago. I remembered it as being very smooth with a strong corn smell when you sniffed it. It was reputed to have been that moonshiner&#8217;s going out of business batch.<\/p>\n<p>As for my own taste in whiskey, I think I&#8217;ll stay with the stuff aged for years in oak barrels whether it comes from Kentucky, Canada, or Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>* My dentist went to high school with Popcorn Sutton. His remembrance of Sutton differs from the popular legend. He said Popcorn was &#8220;a mean little SOB who looked like he&#8217;d as soon kill you as look at you.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booze marketed as &#8220;moonshine&#8221; has become popular in the last few years. 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