Those were Snowbirds that got a late start on their way to Florida.

He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burning on Copperhead Road

Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

Because asshats in SUVs drive like farking retards on icy roads. Four wheel drive doesn't mean shiat if your four wheels don't have any traction.

Stupid goddamn idiots. Imagine the amount of time and money wasted because people wouldn't slow down on a highway in icy conditions.

My moonshine comes from Dawsonville, GA so I am safe.

Who says all the shine comes from Kentucky? Most of it actually comes from the Carolinas.

I like high-alcohol ferments as much as the next guy but I like knowing my Booker's came from quality grains, not ground-up, second rate pig feed.

NOOOOooooOOOOOOoooo!

My 'shine comes from my kitchen stove.

Sounds like they need a lesson from this family:

Them damn Dukes! (new window)

Lsherm: Because asshats in SUVs drive like farking retards on icy roads. Four wheel drive doesn't mean shiat if your four wheels don't have any traction.

Stupid goddamn idiots. Imagine the amount of time and money wasted because people wouldn't slow down on a highway in icy conditions.

Part of the problem with modern cars is that they go to great lengths to insulate the occupants from the road. So it's easy for idiots to convince themselves that driving on ice is no different from driving on clear blacktop. This is a problem caused by stupidity, yes, but it's also caused by the fact that cars and SUVs are engineered in such a way that makes people feel like they are invincible.

It was probably Tickle. I'd like to see a show about him in ten years.

rudemix: It was probably Tickle. I'd like to see a show about him in ten years.

It would need subtitles.

RVanZant: Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

If it's legit and bought from a store it ain't moonshine.

fish500: RVanZant: Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

If it's legit and bought from a store it ain't moonshine.

Moonshine is Burbon aged less than one month.

smitty04: fish500: RVanZant: Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

If it's legit and bought from a store it ain't moonshine.

Moonshine is Burbon aged less than one month.

I would agree with you, also Moonshiners who go legit still make moonshine, they just make it in a building. My moonshiner is in the process of going legit, but has not got the legal still up and running yet.

I would like to say that Northern Ky does not represent the driving ability of the rest of the state. Be it also noted that they are practically O..HI..O.

If you were wondering why your moonshine Oxy & Mountain Dew delivery never made it, here's the reason

FTFY

smitty04: fish500: RVanZant: Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

If it's legit and bought from a store it ain't moonshine.

Moonshine is Burbon aged less than one month.

You can finagle the term all you want college boy but if it ain't in a jar and bought from the trunk of a car it ain't moonshine.

fish500: You can finagle the term all you want college boy but if it ain't in a jar and bought from the trunk of a car it ain't moonshine.

I bought moonshine from the trunk of a Sheriff's patrol car once does that count?

/Got to love North Georgia.

fish500: smitty04: fish500: RVanZant: Prolly a bunch of tailgating farkwits.I get my 'shine at the ABC store-Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon Apple Pie flavor.It's all legit an' stuff.

If it's legit and bought from a store it ain't moonshine.

Moonshine is Burbon aged less than one month.

You can finagle the term all you want college boy but if it ain't in a jar and bought from the trunk of a car it ain't moonshine.

Actually,JJ's 'shine IS sold in a real Mason jar.I don't know if they deliver it in a '40 Ford coupe with a flattie and three Strombergs tuned by Red Vogt,tho.

Tom_Slick: rudemix: It was probably Tickle. I'd like to see a show about him in ten years.

It would need subtitles.

Heh!

This seems like a good a thread as any to ask this question. How the hell can the show Moonshiners legally exist?

Mmm, yeah, Kenton County... about as close to shine country as Chicago is.

OTOH, they could've all been on their way to/from the Liquor Barn in Lexington

/Man O' War exit, second light on the left, not that I've been there or anything

offacue: He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burning on Copperhead Road

Glad this got covered early

Not impressed

I actually LIVE less than 5 miles from the Catdaddy/Junior Johnson distillery, so I'm really getting a kick, etc.

That highway looks much like the one in this in-car video. I wonder if it is the same incident?

Evo 8 Accident (NSFW language)

Noticeably F.A.T.: This seems like a good a thread as any to ask this question. How the hell can the show Moonshiners legally exist?

It's fake?

whipbambucket: It's fake?

Sure, but how fake, and how are they faking it? I've got a couple ideas on how they could do it, but they all still have the guys running afoul of the law somehow.

What's the point of moonshine and why is it profitable?

Noticeably F.A.T.: whipbambucket: It's fake?

Sure, but how fake, and how are they faking it? I've got a couple ideas on how they could do it, but they all still have the guys running afoul of the law somehow.

TOTALLY fake. Read some statements by one of the show's production crew that they were simply boiling and condensing water. Also, the process they use is flawed, untrue, and designed I believe to teach people the wrong way of doing things. There's a point in the run where they say "oh, we need more alcohol content! POUR SUGAR IN THE MASH!". If the kettle is already over the fire, adding sugar will do jack squat for alcohol content. The temperature of the mash is already so high it will have killed off the yeast, and that's to say nothing of the timeframe needed for an extra fermentation.

kenryoku_one: What's the point of moonshine and why is it profitable?

A lot of people just like it, but that's a matter of taste. The profit come in when you consider the guys making it have very little overhead. All they pay for is the ingredients and the hardware. No taxes, no fees, no regulations. Which, incidentally is pretty much what makes it illegal.

croesius: Read some statements by one of the show's production crew that they were simply boiling and condensing water.

Ah. That makes sense. That's one of the theories I had, but it seemed to be flawed. One, they are definitely pouring more than just water in the pot, but I suppose what they put in there wouldn't necessarily make alcohol. That and Tickle was drinking it, and most definitely getting farked up. that doesn't mean he didn't have a jar of the real stuff off camera though.

Also, the process they use is flawed, untrue, and designed I believe to teach people the wrong way of doing things. There's a point in the run where they say "oh, we need more alcohol content! POUR SUGAR IN THE MASH!". If the kettle is already over the fire, adding sugar will do jack squat for alcohol content. The temperature of the mash is already so high it will have killed off the yeast, and that's to say nothing of the timeframe needed for an extra fermentation.

I don't know enough about the process to have picked up on that.

Thanks for the info.

Lsherm: Because asshats in SUVs drive like farking retards on icy roads. Four wheel drive doesn't mean shiat if your four wheels don't have any traction.

Stupid goddamn idiots. Imagine the amount of time and money wasted because people wouldn't slow down on a highway in icy conditions.

That always happens here during snowstorms you see SUVs wiped out on the side of the road. Now and then you will get a gem on the news of some motorist saying "I dunno how I slid off the road I have 4WD"

Noticeably F.A.T.: I don't know enough about the process to have picked up on that.

Thanks for the info.

Yeah, they take quite a few liberties with it. Such as not properly caulking (heh heh heh) the head of the kettle onto the body...that's a very quick way to have an explosive alcohol vapor incident, especially when using open flame heating elements. And they didn't even have a semblance of pride in their product, if they were putting it in plastic water jugs. The alcohol would leech plenty nasty chemicals from the jugs, which is why people use glass or clay vessels.

...just off the top of my head.

kenryoku_one: What's the point of moonshine and why is it profitable?

Just the federal tax on a gallon of liquor is $17.

croesius: Yeah, they take quite a few liberties with it. Such as not properly caulking (heh heh heh) the head of the kettle onto the body...that's a very quick way to have an explosive alcohol vapor incident, especially when using open flame heating elements. And they didn't even have a semblance of pride in their product, if they were putting it in plastic water jugs. The alcohol would leech plenty nasty chemicals from the jugs, which is why people use glass or clay vessels.

...just off the top of my head.

I figured there might be some stuff in the manufacturing process like that, especially since the rest of the show is as "produced" as it is, but again, I don't know enough about distilling to know what's wrong.

/My favorite production fark up so far: "That guy behind us keeps turning with us. I don't know who it would be if it's not a cop. We'd better dump our stuff here just to be safe." Gee, I wonder who could have been behind them. Perhaps the camera crew shooting the back of the car? Nah...

Noticeably F.A.T.: /My favorite production fark up so far: "That guy behind us keeps turning with us. I don't know who it would be if it's not a cop. We'd better dump our stuff here just to be safe." Gee, I wonder who could have been behind them. Perhaps the camera crew shooting the back of the car? Nah...

I enjoyed their choice of vehicle. "Hey Billy, we gotta be inconskxcispuous with this here likker, let's speed around dirt roads in an old ass car with a huge trunk" Horseshiat, get a van.

What everyone interested in distilling needs:

Just add mash. No explosions or rednecks necessary. And it fits on your kitchen counter.

croesius: No explosions or rednecks necessary.

Where's the fun in that?

Noticeably F.A.T.: croesius: No explosions or rednecks necessary.

Where's the fun in that?

Yeah, as a Nashville native I must concede your point.
Howabout, "No uninvited explosions or rednecks"

Oh, a little extra tidbit from the agent in the show: "Nobody in the whole series was actually making any liquor, we wouldn't allow that. If we knew somebody was making liquor they would have been in the next episode in handcuffs," said Jesse Tate (ABC Agent)