That's a piece of Americana you have there. Junior Johnson was a moonshine runner who spent time in prison for his running. When he got out, he turned to racing in NASCAR. He became well known and well loved in NASCAR by fans and racing personnel. In his twilight years, he brought back the moonshine, only legally. That moonshine is what y'all drank.
My dad was a physician's assistant, one of the first in the country when the field was created specializing in sports medicine. One of his patients was Dale Earnhardt Sr. The doctor he worked for had a free clinic up in the Wilkesboro/Taylorsville, NC area. These folks are proud people, and also moonshiners. Even today, I live off of Old Mountain Road that moonshiners would take from that area to supply speakeasies in the Charlotte area - much smaller city at the time. Anyway, these people insisted on paying my dad and his doctor, and often it would be in jars of moonshine. Sometimes he even brought home fruit that was canned in it. That was some tasty fruit.
I’ve met junior Johnson a few times he would always be around Wilkesboro where I live My husbands mom was juniors sister in law so we would always go to his house for cookouts and holidays
In West Tennessee Moonshine is just called “Corn Whiskey”. It’s very smooth, sweet and potent with a neutral flavor; great for mixed drinks. All homemade of course .
Many things came from prohibition of alcohol...a couple are 1) Mixed drinks because of the poor quality of illegal liquor, the alcohol was mixed to make it more palatable. 2) NASCAR racing since moonshiners reved up their cars to outrun the police. They wanted to test themselves against each other. So the raced on dirt tracks which evolved to NASCAR racing. Nice video!
Mixed drinks also come from the royal navy's "grog". It was the crew's daily rum ration, mixed with water, sugar and lemon or lime juice. The citrus staved off scurvy and the rum made the crappy ships water safer to drink.
also a couple of laws that ensured a long long lasting supply of slave labor people always forget the long term harm that had. also you forget to mention the tainted liquor the gov put on the market to kill people so others would stop drinking stop pretending anything good came from that era
Mixed drinks have been around for centuries, for example navies mixing rum with citrus juice isn’t something that was invented in the US during prohibition. Italians have been making sangria for a minute, too
An unintended side effect of prohibition caused Americans' love of cheese. Because bars would be going out of business, many of them would convert to ice cream shops (amongst other things), and this would cause a higher demand in dairy. When alcohol became legal again, the government didn't want the dairy industry to crash and started buying up the milk to make and store as cheese. One thing led to another, and America accidentally ended up with a dragons hoard of cheese, which the government had to find ways of giving it back to the people.
It's usually watered down. Even EverClear is not 100% moonshine. If it's not over 90% alcohol, it's not moonshine. In Tenn. and Kentucky you can buy real moonshine at the store, aka 'corn alcohol'. It's usually 91-95% alcohol.
I grew up in Appalachia only a few miles from where one of the most famous Moonshine distillers “Popcorn Sutton” grew up. When I was in high school people would bring homemade moonshine to parties, which is still illegal, and it was always in a classic Mason Jar. The homemade moonshine is much better and potent than what is sold in stores.
Agreed that real moonshine is more powerful than what is sold in stores, I've seen tractors run on that stuff, but blindness, loss of taste, and mild insanity might also come with real moonshine.
The US has Everclear Grain 95% Alcohol, Its like drinking burning fumes, I want to see them try that lol, idk if 95% strength is legal in Korea because there's like 8 US States where this 95% is illegal there.
AHHH!!! I am so excited for this video! I am from East Tennessee and have worked in multiple moonshine distilleries. I know go to university in Seoul and this brought a little bit of my home here! Don't worry though, the flavorless ones are not very good on their own but the flavors are really good! I'll see what I can do to get some over here haha.
Back when I lived in barracks, one of my neighbors doctored up some "apple pie moonshine". That stuff could strip the paint of a car. It tasted good at first but those hangovers were brutal.
Never had Moonshine, never will try. I barely like any hard liquor because I tend to get very scrappy and start wanting to challenge everyone around me to a fight.
I'm living for this alcohol content 🤣 I love their reactions. I really feel like Minji wants to be a bourbon girl lol she's brought it out in the tequila video and now the moonshine video. Give it time Minji! Fighting! 💪🏼
My wife is from Thailand and when she and her friends get together, there is always food (Thai dishes) and alcohol. I thought this was a Thai "thing" but I guess it's all over Asia. I had some moonshine in Thailand that was the best I've ever had - made from rice. I assume you have something similar in Korea. I really enjoy the videos - you guys make me laugh.
First time I had moonshine, it was from a friend's uncle who made his own out in southwest Virginia. I think it was 94% alcohol or 188 proof. I don't drink much in general but it was a wild night, I had three or four shots at first. My vision started to go before so even felt tipsy.
Moonshine is pretty rough, I would definitely mix it in something, haha it's a popular product in TN, you'll see it in a lot of tourist focused liquor stores
A lot of my high school classmates had grandparents who had a moonshine still where they made moonshine in secret. Have to say, a glass or two of moonshine and it doesn't matter your alcohol tolerance, you could find yourself waking up in a foreign country with no idea how you got there! Moonshine is strong!! 😂
Except Bacardi 151 is 151 proof 75% ABV and Everclear is like 195 proof 98% ABV. The moonshine in the video is 80 proof 40% ABV pretty much the same as Jack Daniels.
I love Chacha and Austin's dynamic, they were the most relatable hahahha they were like "why are you doing this to us? "oh I knew you had to mix it with something else" and later when they mixed it: "just don't drink this" LMAO love them
@OSSC My dad was born in 1935 which was at least two decades BEFORE the probation era. He learned how to make moonshine and taught my mom who is/was 30 years younger than him how to make moonshine. She gave me the simple recipe for it. I wanted to share this fun fact with you guys.
Moonshine isn't bad if you get the legit non-commercial stuff. It's actually really good. You can buy a fifth of pretty much any whisky for $15-30 bucks, basic brand name stuff at the store, but good shine is gonna cost you atleast $40, maybe more depending on if you want a flavored one and who's selling or middle man.
Japanese Saki is just moonshine made with rice instead of corn. I know. I certainly drank my share of both. US rural South and US Navy "westpac", Okinawa.
They're not much more similar to each other than any other alcohols, unless perhaps you meant flavour. The (nearly)sole ingredient being different is a pretty big difference, though they both use starch rather than fruit sugars. Sake also isn't distilled, so the alcohol percentage is lower, though still high compared to other non-distilled alcohol. Vodka seems more similar to moonshine.
i love moonshine with either grapes or cherries soaked into it you can also try other stuff i heard some of my friends made it with cucumbers because sure lol
Southern American moonshine was the only liquor ever meant to be drank fresh from the still / never meant to be aged. The purpose of that was to be able to move it/ sell it quickly/ so they got good at making it right the first time, prohibition didn't allow for it to be aged. meaning you will never likely find an old bottle of it.
Around here we make Apple Pie and sometimes Blueberry or Bananna. Most gets proofed out @ ~ 110-120. This stuff you gave these guys was 80 proof, that's not shine it's water!
I love go to Tennessee and get the moonshine tasting, so many flavors, I specially like the caramel flavored one, I got a bottle of the caramel, one of the coffee flavor, one of coconut cream flavor and hazelnut flavor one too, is a very good experience
Is 80 proof even really moonshine? My brain automatically added a "1" in front of that since it was moonshine, 180 proof, until they said 40%. Get then to try real moonshine starting at 160-180 proof.
I'm originally from Kentucky. This wasn't produced by the mofia it was produced by the hillbillies of Kentucky and Tennessee and throughout the south. The old hillbillies that produced it are called shiners. Sometimes they would hire guys to be the runners and sometimes they do it themselves to save money. But that's where it originally came from. Real homemade moonshine is often MUCH stronger than the store bought stuff. But it can be very good. The shiners even make moonshine distilled wines if you can imagine that. Very delicious but also lethal lol. My friends grandfather was a shiner and I got to try the shine and the wine he made. I was 17. I had about 5 or 6 swigs and I was black out drunk all night lol. I woke up across town in a rough neighborhood on the hood of a car. I missed school that morning. My parents were pissed lol
My grandpa told me about how they had their set up, would fire it up, go hunt, and come back and drink moonshine while making more of it. It’s a staple where I’m from. Someone needs to send them real corn liqueur and those moonshine cherrys.😂
Haven’t even watched it yet but I hope they made sure to give it to them cold. 😬😂 It’s not as traditional to how moonshine was drank but boy does it make it easier 😂😂😂 Personal fav recipe for shots of moonshine is cold moonshine and a bit of lemon juice. Makes it into something akin to a lemon drop. Cheers from Appalachia ❤️
