My neighbor offered me some Moonshine

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A few days ago in the yard, I was trimming the bush out front, hot weather and my neighbor (the moonshiner) stopped me asking about a dog that got away from him. I had not seen the dog, and he suddenly offered me a sip of his moonshine from a Mason jar.

I really wanted to try it, but still remember looking deep into his big blue eyes and seeing nothing behind them; yeah he was really burned out.

Honestly, I refused because of the risk of a homemade redneck concoction potentially turning me blind.

I still wish I had taken a sip to try, though...

Should I go back to get me some 'shine or did I make the correct decision?
 
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You should of tried it. Few sips wouldnt hurt. You can go blind if it's not made correctly though. My father in law got some from another trucker at a truck stop. He passed me this water bottle that looked like it was filled with cloudy piss. It was apple pie moonshine, and damn it tasted good, alot better than the crap you get at the liquor store. I think he said if you drank the whole bottle in one sitting you could go blind.
 
I don't drink hard alcohol anymore but if my neighbor asked me if I wanted a sip of his moonshine I might take a jigger just to make sure things remain tolerable.
 
Homemade moonshine?

Hell yeah

My sister and her husband live near the mountains in Tenn and his family are some real hillbillies and the stuff they make will light you up fast

My brother in law is a fairly normal dude, fairly but some of his family are truly different
 
HeisenbergFX4 said:
Homemade moonshine?

Hell yeah

My sister and her husband live near the mountains in Tenn and his family are some real hillbillies and the stuff they make will light you up fast

My brother in law is a fairly normal dude, fairly but some of his family are truly different
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What is the proof for this home-made stuff?

I remember getting drunk on Everclear in high school and I was wobbly for like a week straight.

I can't imagine the effect of drinking moonshine if I'm not used to it yet.
 
Plies said:
What is the proof for this home-made stuff?

I remember getting drunk on Everclear in high school and I was wobbly for like a week straight.

I can't imagine the effect of drinking moonshine if I'm not used to it yet.
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Texted and asked my brother in law and he says their set up hits around 180 proof, so he claims
 
The going blind is either from contaminates from using a chemically laced radiator as an improvised still, very unlikely today, or from improper distillation with toxic alcohols like methanol being left in. This is also unlikely in anyone with some experience and who drinks their own product. You can spike moonshine with wood alcohol (or rubbing alcohol) but this, again, is very unlikely if the maker is also consuming their product versus brewing hooch to be sold someplace else.
 
Reminds me of the time I went to Mexico with my parents and we went on a tour of some villages(which was great) and they were selling some kind of "tequila" moonshine by the ice cream pail. We never bought any but I always wondered what it was like.
 
HeisenbergFX4 said:
Homemade moonshine?

Hell yeah

My sister and her husband live near the mountains in Tenn and his family are some real hillbillies and the stuff they make will light you up fast

My brother in law is a fairly normal dude, fairly but some of his family are truly different
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I need to get you some grapelightning based on your previous posts you would love it, but my stash is in the mountains of VA.

OP, yes you should try it. If you neighbor will drink it with you, no issues at all.
 
So is the thing with moonshine that it has an alcohol content as high as absinthe? I've enjoyed a few sips of absinthe and it burned nicely, until I realised that's a very bad sign and that it's meant to be watered down. It can actually cause chemical burns(not sure of the English word).

So I'd be very careful with moonshine, especially if I don't know its ABV.

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Growing up in TN, I had it a good few times. I'll say this bud, shine can go pretty hard into the extremes. I've had shine that tasted exactly like apple pie and would leave you dizzy after one swig. I've also had shine that tasted like a cocktail of rubbing alcohol and vinegar, and I do believe I'd rather get a splinter in my tongue than ever try that shit again.

Be careful who you get it from, and absolutely do NOT over do it, but hell, ya only live once brother. I say if the opportunity presents itself again and you truly trust the person offering and you're roughly aware of how it was sourced and distilled, go ahead and have a shot or two. That second one will be about all anyone needs to cap off their night by the way, the third shot is when really bad decisions start getting considered -_-. I don't recommend the third shot bro.....but ya gotta write your own story there broseph.
 
Yeah, I'd of said no, christ knows what was in it.. :messenger_tears_of_joy:

If he'd of offered me this though~
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I'd of chewed his face off, sideways 🧐
 
Trilobit said:
So is the thing with moonshine that it has an alcohol content as high as absinthe? I've enjoyed a few sips of absinthe and it burned nicely, until I realised that's a very bad sign and that it's meant to be watered down. It can actually cause chemical burns(not sure of the English word).

So I'd be very careful with moonshine, especially if I don't know its ABV.

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Moonshine can reach 90% ABV.
 
There are various stories about people buying fake vodka and actually having their vision damaged - or even actually go blind - as a result of drinking it, as you say OP.

Personally I'd have been tempted in the moment, but the sensible choice would be to politely decline - it's not like you couldn't just buy a bottle of your preference and join them for a drink - you drink yours, they drink theirs.
 
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I remember my uncle once told me he had a shot of moonshine when he when he was in his early 20s. Said it was midday, sat down took a swig and put the shot down and realized it was already night.
 
Plies said:
What is grapelightning?
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Moonshine is a base and you can put all kinds of other things in it. Lost of people use fruit in the spring/summer months. We have a few grape arbors (its not like that...you can grow grapes anywhere in the right climate) and we would make batches of it with grapes.
It takes a few seasons but you essentially get grape kool-aid but it's moonshine. Masks the bite and adds a bit of smoothness to the end. We also make moonshine-pucker with granny smith apples...that one isn't my favorite but people really like it.
 
Plies said:
What is the proof for this home-made stuff?

I remember getting drunk on Everclear in high school and I was wobbly for like a week straight.

I can't imagine the effect of drinking moonshine if I'm not used to it yet.
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I took a shot of Everclear once. Once.
 
DeafTourette said:
There's commercial Moonshine now, so maybe start with that
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Downside to that stuff is that it is almost always 80-100 proof, so basically no different than just white dog whisky or flavored vodka. Sometimes even less if it is heavily mixed with fruit juice. The stuff the Ole Smokey distillery hands out to blitzed bachelorette groups in Pigeon Forge, for example, is like 40 proof or less. Still tasty but not authentic feeling :P

The 'appeal' of moonshine (for me) is that astronomically high ABV and the family recipies. Hard to scale that stuff up, I think. When it comes in a plastic bag or jug, all the better :P
 
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