Kentucky Moonshine

Maurer, David W./ Berry, Wes

The University Press of Kentucky（2021/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813183695
• DDC分類 364.133

Full Description

When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky. Here they used cold limestone spring water to make bourbon and found that corn produced even better yields of whiskey than rye. Thus, the licit and illicit branches of the distilling industry grew up side-by-side in the state. This is the story of the illicit side -- the moonshiners' craft and craftsmanship, as practiced in Kentucky. A glossary of moonshiner argot sheds light on such colorful terms as "puker," "slop," and "weed-monkey."

With a new foreword by author Wes Berry, David Maurer's classic history of this subject is tongue-in-cheek, but nevertheless a realistic look at the Kentucky moonshiner and the moonshining industry.

Contents

Foreword

 

Acknowledgments

 

Introduction

 

Let's Make Moonshine

 

The History of Moonshining

 

The Production of Whiskey

 

The Geography of Moonshining

 

Money, Materials, and Equipment

 

Moonshining as an Industry

 

Law Enforcement

 

The Argot of the Craft

 

Glossary