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Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine is a corn whiskey distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Their downtown Gatlinburg , Tennessee facility features two working copper stills. Visitors are able to see the distilling process up close while learning about the history of moonshine production in the Smoky Mountains.
McCormick Distilling Company is a distillery and alcoholic beverage importing company in Weston, Missouri.Established by Ben Holladay in 1856, the distillery has been registered in the National Register of Historic Places and is the oldest distillery west of the Mississippi River that is still operating at its original location.
A modern DIY pot still. 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.
There’s still tension between modern moonshiners and those who make it the old-fashioned way. “Our product from the very beginning was corn whiskey, and that is as real as it gets,” Baker said.
A typical moonshine still may produce 1000 gallons per week and net $6000 per week for its owner. [38] The simplicity of the process, and the easy availability of key ingredients such as corn and sugar, make enforcement difficult. However, the price advantage that moonshine once held over its legally sold competition has fallen.
Primary function is distillation of spirits. Such distillation is done on a 220-US-gallon (830 L) Double Diamond pot still made by Copper Moonshine Stills in Arkansas by Colonel Vaughn Wilson and a vodka still of his own design. He also is responsible for cellaring and filtration on an apparatus of his design dubbed the lichtenstein.