Moonshine! We love it if it's good and clean but we about pass out if it's not. Thus the reason for it being referred to as "fire water" on occasion. Short Mountain Distillery in Tennessee really knows the distilling process when it comes to Moonshine. Their "Hooch" is really smooth!Tennessee Moonshine is a tradition not only in the sense of prohibition (how people got around not having alcohol available) but also in the sense of how families entertained themselves outside of the city centers. The relationship to music and dancing is strong. Family members would all learn how to play acoustic instruments at a young age and they would play together in the evenings in order to entertain themselves. There were numbers of families that did not have the money for televisions and certainly did not have the money to take a drive into town. As they got older, the parties would ensue on the front porch along with a jug of moonshine. It's the classic setting!
Moonshine brings to mind images of rednecks tramping through the Appalachian backwoods, making white lightning in illegal copper stills. During the grim years of American prohibition, millions of gallons of hooch were sold, the demand greatly outstripping the supply. When alcohol became legal again in 1933, the moonshine trade plummeted. Today, “hooch” has once again become popular, inspiring TV shows and liquor stores peddling mason jars filled with shine.
Tennessee Moonshine has now become popular at local establishments in cities across Tennessee.
Short Mountain Distillery is really ramping things up! They will soon be having a whiskey Bourbon release as well as celebrating the initial launch and opening of the Stillhouse Restaurant, located next to the distillery, that will offer authentic, country home brews to their customers. Please go to http://www.shortmountaindistillery.com/ to get all of the information about Short Mountain Distillery. And http://www.stillhouserestaurant for information about the Stillhouse Restaurant.
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