Why Do They Call it Moonshine?
Why Do They Call It Moonshine?Moonshine is as American as apple pie. Prohibition did not stop people from wanting alcohol. Prohibition did not stop people from wanting money. Put those two desires together and you have the illegal production of alcohol called "moonshining." "Moonshiners" is a term used for people who did their production at night to avoid the government agents (G-Men) and Treasury Agents (T-Men) who patrolled the hills of Appalachia looking to stop production of illegal hootch.Production of moonshine illegal alcohol required the use of stills. The stills were heated by fires and produced tell-tale smells, sounds and...
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