Bridging the past to present, this series celebrates the rich culture and history of Virginia’s Appalachia by seeing how treasured traditions are kept alive and thriving today.
1794 – The Whiskey Rebellion begins: farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. Let’s see – YOU grow the grain. YOU process the grain. YOU turn the grain into something of greater value, making a profit with YOUR labor. And the government takes a chunk. No, just can’t understand why they got mad. Not at all. Taxation is theft.
I like shine better than store bought. I drank a lot that came out of Franklin Co, Greene, Shenandoah and others. It was all good. I'd ride to Franklin and come home with my saddle bags full. Ah the good ol days.
Family settled in Franklin County just before the Revolution. Still there. During prohibition, liquid corn put a lot of food on family tables not to mention saving farms from default. Brought my share of personal use product up I-81. Sampled some fine product made in Page County. Indeed, good ol days.
Honest enquiry. How does the taste of 'shine' differ from Scotch or Bourbon aged in barrels and other treatments (like smoking the barley malt)? I was under the impression that 'shine' was essentially like Everclear, just about pure ethanol. In fact I had a Pharacist tell me once that he kept a bottle of Everclear for use to make tinctures instead buying the more expensive 'lab grade' ethanol from a pharmaceutical supply house.
Tim I'll try to answer. Sure you can do all sorts of things to enhance alcohol. However, a taste of shine and you can taste the sweet spring water. It's like tasting the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the film says those recipies have been tweaked for generations and they are family secrets. There are so many things they add. I like shine that tastes so smooth. You want to chug it but that would be a big mistake. It's sippin whiskey. You take a hit, it taste so good and goes down so smooth. It hits your stomach and alla sudden it's like a nuclear bomb went off in your gut in a good way. It just radiates out and warms the entire body. Good shine if you tip the bottle upside down and back up and look at the neck of the bottle you will see tiny beads floating up. If it don't bead ya don't drink it. It also has to burn blue. If you ever get the chance try it. I think you will be surprised. Not saying you would give up Scotch or Bourbon but I think you might go, Wow.
Yep, all depends on who made it. There are some old dudes in my part of East Tennessee that are using family recipes that probably date back to Scotland or Ulster.
It's not "moonshine", it's "organic vegan biofuels research and development". Try to keep up with the times! And by the way the end product is gluten free!
There’s a “signature” Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey being marketed by the guys from the Moonshiner tv show. Mark Ramsey & Digger made a corn/malted barley shine *without* sugar. The old timers supposedly didn’t use sugar because of rationing/cost, but their liquor was better. More modern moonshiners use sugar to up the yield but the pure grain liquor isn’t as firey tasting. 120 proof that drinks like 90 proof…and until this, I couldn’t stand corn liquor. Currently being sold from the Sugerlands Shine distilling co. in Gatlinburg, TN. I’m buying it in AZ. 😁
About the Whisky rebellion: Much of the farmer / distillers' anger was about the bad roads, and the economics of transport. The Fed Gov then depended entirely on tariffs, excise duties, and import duties. Whisky taxes 5 wagon loads of grain / corn made 1 wagon load of Whisky, which would sell for 2x -3x the price the grain would bring on the East Coast, at 20% of the transport costs. John in Indy
White liquor is all over the south but, yes, definitely VA. I used to get my buddy to bring me .5g jars of apple jack his uncle made to me at school and hid them in the lockers. We rode the bus home tanked on that day....lol. The family was from Page and Poplar Church so their was always "remedy" when one had a cold but grandma didnt dispense much. Grandpas stash was where it was at, but you couldnt take much or get you back side tanned. r
1794 – The Whiskey Rebellion begins: farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. Let’s see – YOU grow the grain. YOU process the grain. YOU turn the grain into something of greater value, making a profit with YOUR labor. And the government takes a chunk. No, just can’t understand why they got mad. Not at all. Taxation is theft.
ReplyDeleteAnd it was george washinton who led the charge to force taxation on the producers. G.W. was not for liberty, but for the power of the state. F*ck him.
DeleteYes. But that was just the cover story they told us. Just like today it wasn't as appeared. Just like today.
DeleteThat tradition extends to the foothills area of NC where I went to high school. Excellent series.
ReplyDeleteI like shine better than store bought. I drank a lot that came out of Franklin Co, Greene, Shenandoah and others. It was all good. I'd ride to Franklin and come home with my saddle bags full. Ah the good ol days.
ReplyDeleteGreat grand in SE Ohio was a moonshine with still in the barn. It was the one building we weren't allowed to play in.
ReplyDeleteFamily settled in Franklin County just before the Revolution. Still there. During prohibition, liquid corn put a lot of food on family tables not to mention saving farms from default. Brought my share of personal use product up I-81. Sampled some fine product made in Page County. Indeed, good ol days.
ReplyDeleteLuray Caverns and they sell some good cider up on the mountain too. I agree they make damn good shine.
DeleteHonest enquiry. How does the taste of 'shine' differ from Scotch or Bourbon aged in barrels and other treatments (like smoking the barley malt)? I was under the impression that 'shine' was essentially like Everclear, just about pure ethanol. In fact I had a Pharacist tell me once that he kept a bottle of Everclear for use to make tinctures instead buying the more expensive 'lab grade' ethanol from a pharmaceutical supply house.
DeleteTim I'll try to answer. Sure you can do all sorts of things to enhance alcohol. However, a taste of shine and you can taste the sweet spring water. It's like tasting the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the film says those recipies have been tweaked for generations and they are family secrets. There are so many things they add. I like shine that tastes so smooth. You want to chug it but that would be a big mistake. It's sippin whiskey. You take a hit, it taste so good and goes down so smooth. It hits your stomach and alla sudden it's like a nuclear bomb went off in your gut in a good way. It just radiates out and warms the entire body. Good shine if you tip the bottle upside down and back up and look at the neck of the bottle you will see tiny beads floating up. If it don't bead ya don't drink it. It also has to burn blue. If you ever get the chance try it. I think you will be surprised. Not saying you would give up Scotch or Bourbon but I think you might go, Wow.
DeleteYep, all depends on who made it. There are some old dudes in my part of East Tennessee that are using family recipes that probably date back to Scotland or Ulster.
DeleteWorked a while in North Carolina. If you wanted to know where the swap tree was located you just asked the local doctor.
ReplyDeleteIt's not "moonshine", it's "organic vegan biofuels research and development". Try to keep up with the times! And by the way the end product is gluten free!
ReplyDeleteThere’s a “signature” Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey being marketed by the guys from the Moonshiner tv show.
ReplyDeleteMark Ramsey & Digger made a corn/malted barley shine *without* sugar.
The old timers supposedly didn’t use sugar because of rationing/cost, but their liquor was better.
More modern moonshiners use sugar to up the yield but the pure grain liquor isn’t as firey tasting.
120 proof that drinks like 90 proof…and until this, I couldn’t stand corn liquor.
Currently being sold from the Sugerlands Shine distilling co. in Gatlinburg, TN. I’m buying it in AZ. 😁
About the Whisky rebellion: Much of the farmer / distillers' anger was about the bad roads, and the economics of transport.
ReplyDeleteThe Fed Gov then depended entirely on tariffs, excise duties, and import duties. Whisky taxes
5 wagon loads of grain / corn made 1 wagon load of Whisky, which would sell for 2x -3x the price the grain would bring on the East Coast, at 20% of the transport costs.
John in Indy
White liquor is all over the south but, yes, definitely VA. I used to get my buddy to bring me .5g jars of apple jack his uncle made to me at school and hid them in the lockers. We rode the bus home tanked on that day....lol.
ReplyDeleteThe family was from Page and Poplar Church so their was always "remedy" when one had a cold but grandma didnt dispense much. Grandpas stash was where it was at, but you couldnt take much or get you back side tanned.
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