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Illegal Alcohol i.e. Moonshine or White Lightning

It is legal in some US states.

It's illegal in VA, where I am from, but I know a couple of my neighboring states have it legal.
 
I have had it twice. Not all moonshine is grain alcohol. The moonshines I had were banana and blueberry. They were like extremely strong liqueurs and tasted excellent! There is an entire underworld in the mountains of people who are true connoisseurs of moonshine. You have to know the people who make it to get it, and that involves owning property out in the boonies for a long time or being related. So outsiders have practically no access to the amazingly wide array of moonshines.

Too bad I never got to try the strawberry kind, I'm told it's even better than the blueberry.
 
The stuff I had was definitely grain. It was so strong, it actually ate through a styrofoam cup in a couple of hours. Looking back, it probably wasn't a good idea to drink it, who knows what all was in it. But we were only 16 at the time and wanted to get drunk, so it was bottoms up!
 
I think the OP is talking about this guy making huge amounts of moonshine and selling them off without giving tax to the fed, and he got caught and got a few years, though not without making vast amount of money
 
i watched a special on tv about moonshine a few months back maybe discovery or history and it was awesome they were showing cops searching for them out in the sticks
 
^ That is the television show that inspired this thread. Thanks for all the good replies so far!
 
PriestTheyCalledHim said:
SWIM claimed he had moonshine that he got from someone else, and it just smelled like VERY strong grain alcohol, it smelled like rubbing alcohol, and he'd dole it out and claim that a few spoonfuls was like having 2 shots at once.

People I knew drank it and said how it was sorta like everclear but stronger and how it's not something that they'd buy and that it made them sick.
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its impossible for it to be stronger than everclear because everclear is basically 100% alcohol. well, 95% to be exact but if i recall correctly that's because you can't get any higher than that through traditional distilling. lab grade alcohol is the only alcohol that approaches 100% and even then, for drinking purposes its only marginally stronger than everclear. its basically the same thing.
 
I must have drank moonshine over 100 times between the age of 12 and 17.
All the men in my Mom's family know how to make it and some still do, my grandfather and his brothers used to make it and sell it during the Finnish prohibition.

They later moved to smuggling vodka from Russia which saw my grandfather being incarcerated for several years.

Can't really remember it being any major difference than normal alcohol other than the fact that it used to hit me like a sledge.
But i don't know if that's was from my inexperience and low tolerance.
 
No one has mentioned the even grimier second cousin of moonshine: jailhouse hooch.

edit: anyone care to share their recipe? I was told that you get a bunch of tomatoes and apples and put them in a bag with some bread and water and basically just let it sit for a few weeks until it gets nice and ripe. I have never had the pleasure of tasting it, but i imagine it tastes horrible.
 
I too am curious how to make jailhouse hooch. Might find myself in a bend one day, might lighten the situation.

Anybody?
 
Jailhouse hooch aka julip:

I've never made it myself, but I've seen it made and drank plenty. It's made basically something like this:
Fruit - one day when fruit is served (cocktail works best), get a few guys to keep their portion.
Sugar - Save up lots (75-100 at least) of sugar packets usually given at breakfast with coffee.
Misc - Root beer or some kind of fruity soda improves the flavor, sort of.
Bag - Steal a clean garbage bag from the pod to put it all in.

Mix everything together in the bag adding maybe 2-3 gallons of water and tie up the bag leaving a small amount of air. This will need to be kept (hidden) somewhere for 2-3 days, and must be heated some. If a large enough window is available in the summer, sunlight can work. If not, you can heat the mix by placing the bag under hot shower water for a while, or beside a luckily placed heat vent. When it has fermented, filter the solid shit out (through a towel) and flush it (it will smell worse than baby diapers). Your left with a clear liquid that's roughly 40-60% alcohol and has a slight fruity taste. I thought it tasted surprisingly well, but then again I had been locked up for a while and would have done almost anything for a good buzz...
 
igotthatwork said:
Your left with a clear liquid that's roughly 40-60% alcohol and has a slight fruity taste. I thought it tasted surprisingly well, but then again I had been locked up for a while and would have done almost anything for a good buzz...
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I don't buy it. 4-6% maybe... but you're not getting up to 40-60% without a still. Alcohol is actually toxic to brewing yeast. It's their bodily waste.. their piss... after all. Most strains die at around 8-10% concentration. The Samuel Adams company has, over many years of selective breeding, developed a strain that can tolerate... just barely... 25%. And as far as I know, that's still the world record.

I don't doubt the ingenuity of prisoners. But we're talking about basic chemistry and biology here. And they're not about to beat professional brewers at their own game.


cya,
john
 
brainslookfunny said:
Geez where are the guards these days
Some dude's in the shower heating up his bag of rotting food craps
oh just business as usual
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Ha my thoughts exactly. It could be easier to make a still...
 
pennywise said:
This guy said that simply holding it in your mouth without swallowing will get you drunk
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When I was a little punk rock kid (about 15), this girl at a halloween party was hitting on me and stuff and she pulls out this flask and takes a TINY tiny sip. So I'm thinking to myself "this girl must be a lightweight". She offers me some, and when it hits my tongue, it completely dissolves. I asked her what it was and she just winked at me and then we drunkenly made out.

I'm assuming this is the same shit that hick was telling you about, since it def happened to me.
 
Chicago66 said:
When I was a little punk rock kid (about 15), this girl at a halloween party was hitting on me and stuff and she pulls out this flask and takes a TINY tiny sip. So I'm thinking to myself "this girl must be a lightweight". She offers me some, and when it hits my tongue, it completely dissolves. I asked her what it was and she just winked at me and then we drunkenly made out.

I'm assuming this is the same shit that hick was telling you about, since it def happened to me.
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it was probably just the placebo affect or what was in there was not alcohol. i already explained it's not possible, as i tried it (and tried hard) with 100 proof vodka. holding a large amount of it my mouth for 10 minutes produced no affects and it burned my gums to the point where they took a week to heal. a higher proof would burn even worse. also, a tiny sip is not enough alcohol to get you drunk anyway. a standard usa drink is .5 oz or slightly over a tablespoon of pure alcohol. so even if you managed to absorb an entire tablplesoon of alcohol through your mouth, that would only equate to one drink.

you people don't seem to be understanding that moonshine is no stronger than what you can buy at the liquor store. bacardi 151 is 75% alcohol and legal in every state. even assuming moonshine is stronger than that, it's still not stronger than ever clear which is 95% alcohol. you can't get drunk by absorbing alcohol through your mouth without destroying your gums.
 
pennywise said:
No one has mentioned the even grimier second cousin of moonshine: jailhouse hooch.

edit: anyone care to share their recipe? I was told that you get a bunch of tomatoes and apples and put them in a bag with some bread and water and basically just let it sit for a few weeks until it gets nice and ripe. I have never had the pleasure of tasting it, but i imagine it tastes horrible.
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here's the 'classic' one:

Recipe For Prison Pruno
Jarvis Masters

Take ten peeled oranges,
Jarvis Masters, it is the judgment and sentence of this court,
one 8 oz. bowl of fruit cocktail,
that the charged information was true,
squeeze the fruit into a small plastic bag,
and the jury having previously, on said date,
and put the juice along with the mash inside,
found that the penalty shall be death,
add 16 oz. of water and seal the bag tightly.
and this Court having, on August 20, 1991,
Place the bag into your sink,
denied your motion for a new trial,
and heat it with hot running water for 15 minutes.
it is the order of this Court that you suffer death,
wrap towels around the bag to keep it warm for fermentation.
said penalty to be inflicted within the walls of San Quentin,
Stash the bag in your cell undisturbed for 48 hours.
at which place you shall be put to death,
When the time has elapsed,
in the manner prescribed by law,
add 40 to 60 cubes of white sugar,
the date later to be fixed by the Court in warrant of execution.
six teaspoons of ketchup,
You are remanded to the custody of the warden of San Quentin,
then heat again for 30 minutes,
to be held by him pending final
secure the bag as done before,
determination of your appeal.
then stash the bag undisturbed again for 72 hours.
It is so ordered.
Reheat daily for 15 minutes.
In witness whereof,
After 72 hours,
I have hereon set my hand as Judge of this Superior Court,
with a spoon, skim off the mash,
and I have caused the seal of this Court to be affixed thereto.
pour the remaining portion into two 18 oz. cups.
May God have mercy on your soul.


California State Prison-San Quentin
San Quentin, California
1992


now, back to moonshine: within the last couple years a huge illegal still blew up here. in philadelphia. there are bars in the 'hood who carry it under the table so to speak. they're known as 'nip joints.'

i used to be able to buy it on my friend's corner on the cheap as well.
 
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