bootleg whiskey
Prohibition-era hooch
Bootleg whiskey is illegally produced or distributed liquor, especially during Prohibition in the United States (1920–1933).
The term comes from smugglers hiding flasks in their boot legs.
Bootleg whiskey was often homemade moonshine of questionable quality: My grandfather made bootleg whiskey in the hills of Kentucky.
The adjective bootleg now applies to any illicit or pirated goods.
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- blind pigUnlicensed drinking establishment
- back roomPrivate space behind scenes
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
roaring twenties · hooch · bathtub gin · smuggling · rotgut · still · copper still · corn liquor · corn mash · rumrunner · flapper · jazz · jug band · backwoods · mason jar · contraband · Al Capone · raid
- Prohibition EraProhibition, speakeasies, moonshiner, Al Capone, rum runners
- moonshinemoonshine, moonshiner, white lightning, hooch, shine
- Prohibition drinksbathtub gin, hooch, moonshine, near beer, rotgut
bootleg whiskeycraft whiskey
Small-batch distilled grain spirit
single malt scotch · Jack Daniel's · Jim Beam · aged whiskey
boot, boots, legs, booted, legged, legging, leggings, bootleg, bootlegged