Worldwide, every single culture that drinks alcohol, has an illegal stream of producers making high-proof booze that is way off the radar of authorities – as if they’re making it under the light on the moon. 

However, in the States craft and big whiskey distillers are jumping on the legal moonshine bandwagon and making profits big enough to have bootleggers spinning in their graves.

No aging; no storing casks; no worries about greedy angels, it does sound tempting to make. And, if you are already making whisky, you already have the equipment and skill. Ingredients? Same as whisky; so, what are they doing different over there to bring in the huge sales as opposed to our ‘new-make’ spirit here? 

It boils down to one thing: Attitude spelled with a capital ‘A’.

In this episode, we’ll be talking to John Schlimm, author of ‘Moonshine: A Celebration of America’s Original Rebel Spirit’.