Not all mash bills are built on grain. Sometimes, the outlaw spirit calls for fruit—and nothing hits sweeter than a peach brandy straight from the still.
Not every mash bill is about bold corn sweetness or rye spice. Sometimes the goal is a spirit with no character at all. Sounds boring?
When it comes to rye whiskey, nothing hits quite like the classic 60% Rye / 30% Corn / 10% Barley mash bill.
Every jar of shine and every bottle of whiskey starts with one thing: the mash bill.
In the rolling hills of Franklin County, Virginia—a place known as “the Moonshine Capital of the World”—three brothers carved their names into American…
National Moonshine Day is celebrated annually on the first Thursday of June, which falls on June 5, 2025.
Before Daytona. Before Dale Earnhardt. Before billion-dollar sponsors and million-dollar cars, NASCAR was moonshine on wheels.
In the misty foothills and tangled hollers of North Carolina, moonshine wasn't just a livelihood—it was a way of life.
Before Netflix documentaries romanticized bootlegging and before legal distilleries embraced the “moonshine” label for marketing, there was Marvin “Popcorn”…
Before moonshine ran through the hills of Appalachia in hidden stills, and before revenuers ever crashed through a holler with axes in hand, there was the…
In the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Franklin County, Virginia, had long earned its reputation as the “Moonshine Capital of the World.” But by 1935,…
When most people think of Al Capone, they picture Tommy guns, Chicago speakeasies, and blood-soaked turf wars.
The Freemasons, a fraternal organization shrouded in centuries of mystery, ritual, and symbolism, have left an indelible mark on many aspects of culture and…
As a distiller, I’ve spent decades coaxing flavors from grains, water, yeast, and, perhaps most crucially, oak barrels.
Moonshine, the illicitly produced high-proof spirit often associated with rural America, has a storied history intertwined with taxes and regulation.
By an Expert Master Distiller with Boots in the Dirt and Spirits in the Barrel