22 thoughts on “Obviously The Good Shit

  1. My grandfather did time for making shine in Kentucky many decades ago. That stuff will take your breath away and vapor lock your brain for a minute or two.

    • I miss living in Alabama, I had a shine distributor that made primo stuff, his peach shine (lawn mower gas) was to die for…

      • All my local sources dried up. That young lady got a proper shot, all right !

        • It is funny to watch people gulp a shot of shine, they don’t realize it is a sipping beverage…

        • I ain’t gonna visit you unless you had some lawn mower gas to share… damn.

          • I need some after the day I had !
            I’ve had one of those “Phil” days.
            I’ll tell you about after I get some food in me…

  2. the first time I had some was with my dad, we went to this old guys house way back up in a hallow in eastern KY. seems like they had some history between them.
    never heard about it though. was handed a coffee cup with some in it cut with spring water. smooth going down, no bite that I remember. but had a hell of a time walking after drinking the cup ! I was 13 years old at the time.
    anyway, dad got a jug from him to take home. don’t remember any money changing hands though.
    but I do remember the big ass copper still the old guy had in his barn.
    and something about water to make shine with. limestone I think it was
    that was a long time ago. they grow pot down there now a days.
    might be a few guys making shine, but you need to be careful as some of that shit will blind your ass or worse.

  3. Back in my youth, i was hanging with some work friends at a pulloff just past the needles eye tunnel. In the Black mining hills of Dakota, most of us late teens or early twenties, on a friday late night, when an old lurker showed up. He was carting around a gallon jug of what he said was his rhubarb wine offering people a taste. He wasnt getting many takers, but when he asked me and my buddy if we wanted a shot i thought why not. Set me back a moment and I said That’s not wine. That’s moonshine. **ck! He just laughed. And I was drinking Wild Turkey that night. From the bottle.He was looking for buyers. Didn’t make any sales.

  4. I was at Great Lakes training center in ’65 when I had my one and only taste and my first high test alcohol ever. Some guy in the barracks brought back a couple pint bottles from KY when he went home for an extended weekend. The bottles had a lightning bolt on one side and a cork stopper.

    That one small hit about knocked my dick in the dirt and did indeed take my breath away.

  5. Apple Pie shine and best pot by the Mags Bennett family. If you haven’t watched the series now on amazon you need to.

    My Dad brought some home on occasion. When I was little he had a small office Christmas party at the house. He would always pour a glass, make a toast, take a sip, offer a sip. With no takers he would toss the balance into the fireplace for the cool blue warm glow. Good times.

  6. I started drinkin “SHINE” at 15 in the Piedmont of NC State. Been drinking it off and on WHEN I could find it. NOW there is a commercial brand made over OTC. Called “MIDNIGHT MOON” made by non other than nascar JUNIOR JOHNSON outa NC STATE. different flavors mine is CHERRY MOON. Its only 100 proof tho. It is “STILL SIPPIN WHISKEY”. If you gulp it….IT POLITLY PUT YO DICK IN YO WATCH POCKET FO YOU. Its good. WHEN the meds dont work THE SHINE DO! THIS probaly wont make throu the editor.

    • As long as you are not calling Phil or me dickwads or spicing on wives and family you are good to go.

    • I’ve had several encounters with Ashe County shine and brandy, and not once had a reaction like that young woman. It’s always gone down like water, followed by one hell of a heat blossom starting in the stomach and moving up. *Very* smooth, and if you’re sitting and sipping with some the residents, you won’t notice much change until you try to stand up. I’ve also had some Rowan County shine that was the equivalent of distilled toilet wine, but had to keep a straight face since it was a neighbor’s effort……….

    • One tequila fun, two tequila dance, three tequila floor, four tequila panties…

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