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Moonshine is high-proof liquor, traditionally made or distributed illegally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name was derived from a tradition of distilling the alcohol at night to avoid detection.
Turkish moonshine is called Raki. Sometimes it is flavored with anise. The name however does not imply illegal distilling, as there are legal distilleries that produce raki too. Real "moonshine" from clandestine sources that is homemade from grapes, figs, berries or sour cherries is popular in the south, and called "boğma".
Former common names for Poitín were "Irish moonshine" and "mountain dew". [3] It was traditionally distilled in a small pot still and the term is a diminutive of the Irish word pota, meaning "pot". In accordance with the Irish Poteen/Irish Poitín technical file, it can be made only from cereals, grain, whey, sugar beet, molasses and potatoes. [4]
Its nicknames include “mountain dew” – (yes, the soda shares its name with moonshine slang) – and uisce beatha, or “water of life,” which is also used as a term for whiskey.
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Here's everything you need to know about the bad boy of booze. It's still technically illegal, but don't worry: you can still drink it without breaking the law.
Sutton said he considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, as he was a Scots-Irish American and descended from a long line of moonshiners. [3] In the 1960s or 1970s, Sutton was given the nickname of "Popcorn" after his frustrated attack on a bar's faulty popcorn vending machine with a pool cue .
Screech. Newfoundland Screech is a rum sold in Newfoundland with 40% alcohol by volume.The term screech is a colloquial term that has been used to describe almost any cheap, high alcohol spirit, including moonshine.