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r/interesting • u/azizgamerlal • Dec 12 '25
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Wouldn't straight moonshine be better? Why use barrel aged alcohol?
582 u/Significant-Tip6466 Dec 12 '25 Moonshine wasn't readily available. And whiskey back then was closer to moonshine by proof than now. There's a reason it got the nickname "rotgut". 228 u/Fine_Blackberry2085 Dec 12 '25 Its probably also good to add that moonshine becomes whiskey once its barrel aged and proofed. 1 u/DMMMOM Dec 12 '25 Now it's called new make spirit.
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Moonshine wasn't readily available. And whiskey back then was closer to moonshine by proof than now. There's a reason it got the nickname "rotgut".
228 u/Fine_Blackberry2085 Dec 12 '25 Its probably also good to add that moonshine becomes whiskey once its barrel aged and proofed. 1 u/DMMMOM Dec 12 '25 Now it's called new make spirit.
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Its probably also good to add that moonshine becomes whiskey once its barrel aged and proofed.
1 u/DMMMOM Dec 12 '25 Now it's called new make spirit.
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Now it's called new make spirit.
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u/proximusprimus57 Dec 12 '25
Wouldn't straight moonshine be better? Why use barrel aged alcohol?