Lot 129922
Kentucky Moonshine David W.Maurer
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Lot 129922
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Kentucky Moonshine by David W.Maurer.
This book charts the story of the illicit side - the moonshiners' craft and craftsmanship, as practised in Kentucky. When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania.
The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky.
Here they used cold limestone spring water to make bourbon and found that corn produced even better yields of whiskey than rye. Thus, the licit and illicit branches of the distilling industry grew up side-by-side in the state.
Chapters include:
Let's Make Moonshine
The History Of Moonshining
The Production of Whiskey
The Geography of Moonshining
Money, Materials, and Equipment
Moonshining as an Industry
Law Enforcement
The Argot of the Craft
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