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Kentucky Mountain Moonshine sits on 600 acres in the Appalachia Mountains, and there are several hiking trails and a cave system on the grounds that are open to visitors. The distillery's ...
Moonshine can be made both more palatable and perhaps less dangerous by discarding the "foreshot" – the first 50–150 millilitres (1.8–5.3 imp fl oz; 1.7–5.1 US fl oz) of alcohol that drip from the condenser. Because methanol vaporizes at a lower temperature than ethanol, it is commonly believed that the foreshot contains most of the ...
Pam Sutton, the widow of legendary moonshiner and bootlegger Popcorn Sutton, sits in Popcorn's favorite chair outside her home in Parrottsville on Oct. 25.
The common term referring to moonshine in Slovakia is domáca, meaning "made at home" / "homebrew"; or pálenô / pálenka / pálené, which roughly translates as "burned", derived from the process of burning during distillation. A common moonshine in Slovakia is slivovica, sometimes called plum brandy in English.
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 .
Onyx Spirits, the company that produces Onyx Moonshine, was founded by Adam von Gootkin and Peter Kowalczyk in 2011. [5] The product is distilled in reflux column stills from a mash of mixed corn and grain. After two distillations it is approximately 80% ABV, and is then diluted to bottling strength. The bottles are corked and labeled by hand. [5]
Moonshine appears in a number of artists' songs, like Bruno Mars sang moonshine, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Van Morrison, John Denver, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Steve Earle, Jimmy Buffett, Akon, Jamie T, Mike Oldfield and Hank Williams, Jr. as well as Hank Williams III.
Cameron Mitchell is president and founder of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. He gained notoriety in the restaurant industry in 2008, when two of the company's concepts: Mitchell's/Columbus Fish Market and Mitchell's/Cameron's Steakhouse—a total of 22 units—sold to Ruth's Hospitality Group for $92 million.