moonshine still
Illicit liquor apparatus
A moonshine still is apparatus for making moonshine—illegally distilled liquor, typically corn whiskey.
The still heats fermented mash to vaporize alcohol, then condenses it back to liquid.
Moonshine stills are associated with Appalachian tradition and Prohibition-era bootlegging, often hidden in remote locations to avoid detection by authorities: Revenue agents found a moonshine still deep in the holler.
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- hoochIllicit liquor, slangily
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- copper potMetallic cooking container
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
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