moonshine
Also known as white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, Tennessee white whiskey
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Key facts
- Drink.name
- Moonshine
- Drink.type
- Whisky
- Drink.abv
- At least 40%
- Drink.proof
- At least 80°
- Drink.colour
- Clear to off-white depending on ingredients
- Drink.ingredients
- Grain (mashing), sugar (fermented water, kilju)
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- Terminology
- Fractional crystallization
- Moonshine stills
- Evaporation stills
- Plastic still
- Boiling stills
- Fractional distillation
- Column still
- Spiral still
- Pot still
- Safety
- Adulterated moonshine
- Heavy metals
- Lead
- Methanol
- Purification
- Methanol safety by fermentation ingredient
- Tests
- Alcohols
- Strength
- Misconceptions
- Legality
- USA
- History
- Etymology
- Prohibition in the United States
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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Moonshine is high-proof liquor, traditionally made or distributed illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of distilling the alcohol at night to avoid detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial distilleries have adopted the term for its outlaw cachet and have begun producing their own legal "moonshine", including many novelty flavored varieties, that are said to continue the tradition by using a similar method or locale of production.