Originally posted on Southern Serenity – a Log Cabin in the Smokies:
How much do you know about moonshine in the Smoky Mountains?  Did you know that NASCAR was borne from moonshine runners?  I don’t claim to be either a NASCAR or Moonshine expert, but I’ve read enough about both of them to understand the…

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Did you know… any adult may legally produce beer, without payment of tax, for personal or family use and not for sale as long as you do not exceed 200 gallons per calendar year if there are two or more adults residing in the household, or 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Making Whiskey at Home:
In the Scottish highlands, a few men get together wood and brush, return to their home and stoke the huge fire blazing beneath caldrons of barley mash. It’s about 1150 A.D. and the men, monks protected by giant monastery walls, are creating a high-alcohol drink called “uisge beatha,”…