corn whiskey
Grain-based American spirit
Corn whiskey is whiskey distilled primarily from corn, at least 80 percent by U.S. regulations.
It's the precursor to bourbon, though less refined—typically unaged or briefly aged, giving it a raw, grainy sweetness.
Moonshine is essentially unaged corn whiskey made illegally.
He kept a jar of corn whiskey under the sink.
Illegally produced goods
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- white lightningIllicit homemade corn whiskey
- shineEmit or reflect light
- illicitProhibited by law
clandestine · stills · revenuers · smuggling · backwoods · rotgut · homebrew · contraband
Crushed soft mixture
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- pot stillBatch distillation apparatus
- proofDemonstration of truth
ethanol · distiller · grain · sour mash · heads · tails · hearts · congeners
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- charredBurned until black
- oakQuercus genus member
- cooperageBarrel-making trade
- stavesPoles or music lines
cask · toast · vanillin · tannins · woodiness · matured · bourbon · lignin
Family farm and dwelling
- hollerLoud vocal outburst
- frontierEdge of settlement
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
cabin · mountain · heritage · pioneer · hardscrabble · bluegrass · old-time · farmstead
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
bathtub gin · raid · G-men · Eliot Ness · smuggle · Roaring Twenties · repeal · 21st Amendment
bootleg
Illegally produced goods
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- white lightningIllicit homemade corn whiskey
- shineEmit or reflect light
illicit · clandestine · stills · revenuers · smuggling · backwoods · rotgut · homebrew · contraband · underground
mash
Crushed soft mixture
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- pot stillBatch distillation apparatus
proof · ethanol · distiller · grain · sour mash · heads · tails · hearts · congeners · reflux
barrel
Hooped cylindrical vessel
staves · cask · toast · vanillin · tannins · woodiness · matured · bourbon · lignin · char
homestead
Family farm and dwelling
folklore · cabin · mountain · heritage · pioneer · hardscrabble · bluegrass · old-time · farmstead · Tennessee
bootlegger
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
rum-running · bathtub gin · raid · G-men · Eliot Ness · smuggle · Roaring Twenties · repeal · 21st Amendment · Al Capone
- grain whiskeys
- corncornmeal, hominy, husk, masa, grits
- spiritsghost, vodka, rum, brandy, gin
- Bourbonbourbon, straight bourbon, craft bourbon, Kentucky bourbon, small batch bourbon
- Whiskeybourbon, scotch, rye, single malt, straight bourbon
- distillingdistillation, distillery, distiller, pot still, distilleries
corn whiskeymalt whiskey
Distilled barley spirit, aged
rye whiskey · Scotch whisky · Irish whiskey · Japanese whisky · Canadian whisky