Tag Archives: Moonshine

Black Button Moonshine Review

Black Button Moonshine

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B Black Button (named after the proprietor’s suit button business) is the brainchild of Jason Barrett. At the age of 24, he started up his own craft distillery in Rochester NY. When they began production, they made the first legal batch of a distilled spirit in Rochester area since January 17th, 1920. Since that first juice ...

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If It’s Legal, Is It Moonshine?

Moonshiners at work.

By Richard Thomas While illegal moonshining dominates the airwaves, it’s legal moonshine that has a growing presence on liquor store and bar shelves. Yet purists object to the very idea of any product made for retail sale being labeled “moonshine,” insisting that the term applies only to illegally made spirits. According to them, anything with taxes paid and calling itself ...

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Moonshine 101

Moonshine straight from the still

The Basics of White Lightning: What Is It And How to Enjoy It By Richard Thomas The growing popularity of moonshine first caught media attention several years ago, when moonshine consumption and even distillation caught on with hipsters. A few years later came white lightning-based reality television, such as The Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners. Now moonshine has a major presence in ...

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