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A gift from a coworker whom I helped out recently. Some of her Uncle's shine from North Carolina. What better glass to serve a backwoods spirit in other than a Waldorf Crystal Glass.
For anyone who watches "Scandal" these are the glasses that the president drinks his Scotch out of. An anniversary gift from my better half.
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Yes, I shaved before I drank. McPherson Bros provided a 2 pass BBS as always.
I no longer partake, but I remember having a stash of my uncles brew from northern Saskatchewan and a little of my own west coast tobacco out on the balcony of my house overlooking the river. It was a great evening. I am glad to have that memory. Thanks for the reminder.
I love good moonshine, that's why I quit drinking several years ago......I loved it too much!
A couple of fellows that I worked with from West Virginia, keep me stocked up on the Shine, along with making me a gallon of Apple Pie too. Nice to know hillbillys ! Tc
Nothing quite as nice as "real" Mountain Dew. I've heard it's illegal. LOL
Last time I had Shine was in 1965 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. We got a Saturday and Sunday pass at the end of Army basic training. We stopped a cab driver off base and lo and behold
his trunk was full of quart mason jars at $1.50 a jar. None of us could recall much of the weekend starting about 2 hours post purchase. : )
When I was in San Diego in '71 for boot camp at the Navel Training Center, one of the guys in my company's name was Michel Clements and he was from Hazard KY.
Anyway Mike was talking about his dad making some fine shine and the 'city' guys laughed at him! The said that was only in the movies!
Hell I'd had shine as the boys from TN who came out for pea harvest with Green Giant Co always brought some so I didn't doubt Mike in the least.
Well their remarks p***ed Mike off so Mike wrote home and his dad sent Polaroid pictures of the propane powered still in their basement. I can still hear Mike say; "You call me a liar? My daddy makes some fine shine"!
When the TV show the Dukes of Hazard came out my first thoughts were of Mike!
True stories are always the best ones!
I guess I got the wrong cab driver, didn't have no shine but he was able to find trouble for us. Tc
All the folk around here manufacture that white lightning. Cousin Billy likes to spike the drinking hole where the Elk drink with the stuff and when they are falling down drunk and sleeping it off he just runs up to them and clubs them to death. Cousin jethro tried that with a Grizzly bear but the bear liked it so much he wanted more and jethro ran out so the bear chased him for miles.
This is making me thirsty.
The last time I got really plastered on some of that good 'ole TN 'shine was several years ago a buddy of mine and I were going to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at Starwood Amphitheater in Nashville. We killed a quart before we went inside, I had a pair of binoculars so I could see the stage better but had to close one eye to focus and that didn't help much. I don't recall who drove home but it was the middle of the week which meant I had to be at work the next day. Got home around 2:00 am (I think) and had to be at work at 8:00 am. Well, I got a couple hours sleep but needless to say I was as drunk when I went to work as I was when I left the concert, finally got sober about an hour or so before quitting time..........those were the good 'ole days!
A non-drinking friend had a mason jar in his cargo pocket at the racetrack the other day, his in-law made shine which was golden due to two cinnamon sticks in the bottom. Was grinning as he passed it around. Good, yet dangerous stuff.
Went down too easy! :D
Good corn whiskey is very smooth. Sort of dances on your tongue and then drops straight to the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Dang!
I saw the thread title and I thought someone was giving away samples. :beer2:
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Actually....I thought same!Quote:
Originally Posted by 4freek
I lost my local source, he said it's not worth it since they are selling it in the liquor stores. Haven't tried any of the commercial stuff yet, so I have no comment on it. I've heard that they have one of the commercial ones that tastes like apple pie & it's dangerous good!
Actually the last time I was in the US I noticed they were selling a variety of legal shine in jars. Plenty of flavours too
I wondered if it was just as good as home made.
Anyone know?
Well I had a few of the store bought ones namely Georgia moon, old smokey and another called Ghost tree. For the most part the commercial ones are very clean tasting and also rather boring imo. Similar to a vodka that's a bit rough around the edges if you will. Now from time to time I have a buddy who likes to do a lot of motorcycle touring brought back a few jars in his travels through West Virginia, KY, Tenn, N.C. and that stuff had a bit more character and flavor complexity to it. I wont say better or worse but i found the flavor or twang some of em had was a lot more interesting to drink.
Of the store bought ones, I've found "American Born" white lightning to be the most authentic tasting shine. It actually has a corn/sugar taste to it like the "real" ones do. And with a 103 proof rating, it's bound to get you dancing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorfaust
Never tried it,The stores do sell everclear (is that the same? I think it is 140 proof.
Sorry but your talking Apples compared to Oranges :wQuote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Being from the hollers of NC, I've had my share. The real, uncut stuff is not t be trifled with, best taken as a generous glog in a tin cup of hot apple cider around a camp fire. The old timers didn't call it "bust head" for nothing. One of our local legends, Popcorn Sutton, said of his own brew that it had "three fights in every jar."
Well close it comes in two versions 151 proof and 190 proof which would probably run an Indy car without a problem. I can tell you from experience that everclear 190 is absolutely tasteless in fact the moment it hits the heat of your mouth it almost instantly evaporates. if you did a shot of that stuff I wouldn't light a cigarette soon afterwards. But seriously that product in my mind is only useful if you want to say craft a liqueur or some kind of cordial because it doesn't impart any of its own flavor and therefore cut it with whatever flavoring you want. Here i'll give you an example my grandma used to make this sour cherry liqueur, fill a gallon jar with whole sour cherries and cane sugar let macerate for 3-4 weeks then fill the jar up with Everclear let infuse for another few weeks and strain the whole mess into another jar. You will wind up with a liqueur of about 80- 90 proof or so. This stuff is quite popular in eastern Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
The best way I found to drink the real stuff is put it in the refrig. for a few days so it is thoroughly chilled. Pour a couple shots in a glass, fix you another glass of ice water, take a drink of the shine, wash it down with the ice water and it goes down really good with very little burn, you'll never know you been drinking, just don't try to stand up right away............
I was best man at a polish wedding this past August. The grooms mother made the exact liquor you speak of but with Spyritus (also 195 proof). They called it Nalewka.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorfaust
Needless to say, the whole party was dancing, even if you were sitting down!
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Also, the groom gifted me a giant 1.75 of Hendricks gin. That was a night to remember!
Yes that is the drink I spoke of its a pretty common eastern european home concoction. In Romania where I originate from they call this Visinata. The neighboring Slavic countries such as Serbia and Bulgaria also make this and call it Vishnovka. Same thing but being a home made thing every tradition has its variations as far as what kind of spirit is used or available to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arbroath
