The Irish have been brewing Poteen for hundreds of years. It's Irish moonshine. It's illegal and it packs a punch! Neil Lundy reports from a remote part of county Galway, Ireland.
I know guy from outside Macroom who's family has been making the stuff for years using potatoes...spudweiser they used to write on a blank white label on the bottle....
I used to buy it from an Irish guy who made it at home, starting it off in a twin tub washing machine, £5 for a milk bottle full, good stuff, pure blue flame on the spoon burn, no smoke or yellow flame,
That is my neck of the woods! It probably was illegal at the time of manufacture to consume in Ireland (commercially-produced stuff), but that old law is gone now and commercially made stuff can be sold in the Irish market. The anomaly was odd though by any standards. It lasted a few years.
My late father used to say that it's meant to be great for relieving aches and pains by rubbing it throughout your body parts (legs and arms) after a serious bout of strenuous activity? I suppose if you drank enough of it you'd more than likely end up not feeling or caring about the pain anyway? It is serious tack. I tried drinking it raw and couldn't believe how strong it tasted. I ended up mixing it with Red Bull and that still wasn't enough to dilute the taste. But, it was the drunkest I've ever been at that time. I think I was around 22. It was great to at least get to try it with my friends. I'm Irish and from Dundalk, Co. Louth, and it felt like a right of passage to us all. I bought a small Coke bottle's worth from a farmer in Cooley! We had to try it out! Though, once was more than enough. 😂😂😂
