Moonshine - define?

UselessPete · Post by **UselessPete** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:13 am

What exactly is moonshine? I thought all illicit distilling was moonshining, hence the name, but it crops up seperately on many websites.

Is it just 'get what you can from what you've got' or is whisky also a moonshine?

Confused!

Yttrium · Post by **Yttrium** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:39 am

Moonshine is generally considered to be any liquer in which tax has not been paid on it. So whisky can be a moonshine if no tax is paid on it, or it can be legal if tax is paid.

kahluaman · Post by **kahluaman** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:17 am

sun·shine n.

a. The light or the direct rays from the sun.
b. The warmth given by the sun's rays.
c. A location or surface on which the sun's rays fall.

So I would imagine that the definition of "moonshine" would be:

moon·shine n.

a. The light or the direct rays from the moon.
b. The warmth given by the moon's rays.
c. A location or surface on which the moon's rays fall.

HA

Actually what Yttrium said plus, for history/lore, the fact that back in the good old days some illegal distilling was done "by the light of the moon".