corn liquor
Distilled maize spirit
Corn liquor is whiskey distilled from corn mash, especially moonshine made illegally in rural America.
The term evokes Appalachian traditions of home distillation: He kept a jug of corn liquor under the porch.
Also called corn whiskey.
Illicit homemade corn whiskey
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- shineEmit or reflect light
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
backwoods · illegal · clandestine · poteen · rotgut · revenuers · smuggling · speakeasy
Crushed soft mixture
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- barrel-agedMatured in wooden vessels
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- sippingDrinking in small mouthfuls
proof · neat · rocks · tumbler · spirits · distilled · American · rye
Alcohol exceeding standard strength
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- burningCombustion in progress
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- strongHaving great physical power
potent · undiluted · pure · stiff · intoxicating · kick · raw · uncut
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
- rum-runnerProhibition liquor smuggler
Al Capone · repeal · Roaring Twenties · scofflaw · underground · raid · dry county · G-men
white lightning
Illicit homemade corn whiskey
still · backwoods · illegal · clandestine · poteen · rotgut · revenuers · smuggling · speakeasy · rum-running
mash
Crushed soft mixture
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- barrel-agedMatured in wooden vessels
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
sipping · proof · neat · rocks · tumbler · spirits · distilled · American · rye · Tennessee
overproof
Alcohol exceeding standard strength
strong · potent · undiluted · pure · stiff · intoxicating · kick · raw · uncut · powerful
bootlegger
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- Eighteenth AmendmentConstitutional alcohol ban
Al Capone · rum-runner · repeal · Roaring Twenties · scofflaw · underground · raid · dry county · G-men · contraband
farmstead
Farm with residence
husk · shuck · grain · countryside · rustic · backyard · outbuilding · hollow · creek · woods
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- spiritsghost, vodka, rum, whiskey, brandy
- juke jointsjukebox, blues music, live music, dance floor, barrelhouse
- moonshinemoonshiner, white lightning, hooch, bootleg, shine
- Corn Drinkschicha, atole
- Prohibition drinksbathtub gin, bootleg whiskey, hooch, near beer, rotgut
corn liquorsingle malt scotch
Whisky from one distillery
cognac · vintage port · craft bourbon · aged rum · sipping whiskey
corn liquorpotato vodka
Liquor from tubers
rye whiskey · rice wine · malt whisky · apple brandy · fruit brandy
corn, alcohol, liquor, popcorn, moonshine, corns, cornfield, cornmeal, cornbread