Ted, what day is it, buddy? It's everybody's favorite alcoholic beverage day.

Beer day! Moonshine Day! You're absolutely right.

All right. The Min's Room Top Ten! The Minterp Top Ten!

The Top Ten Things to Know About Moonshine.

The term moonshine originated in Europe and was used in England during the 1700s.

The name originally referred to occupational pursuits which compelled night work or work by the light of the moon.

You might know it as white lightning, corn liquor, stump water, skull cracker, wildcat, ruckus juice, hooch, mountain dew, rot, gut, tipple, fire, water, red eye. It all boils down to quite literally water, corn, yeast, and a copper pot still.

I prefer to call it heaven.

So there you go.

These are top ten things to know about moonshine.

They start with basically this article that we've got here. It starts the definition

of moonshine. It's defined by its illegality, not its ingredients. Technically, moonshine refers to any

spirit distilled without government approval. It's unregulated, untaxed, and often made in

secret, traditionally clear, unaged, and very high in alcohol content. Yes. That's your technical definition of moonshine.

Now it has a deep historical route in rebellion.

It originated back in the 18th century England to describe illicit liquors.

In the U.S., moonshine became popular during the Whiskey Rebellion back in the late 1700s

as a protest against alcohol taxes.

Production exploded during Prohibition when alcohol was banned nationwide.

Yeah.

It's when all those stills started popping up all over the doggone place and they were making everything.

Correct.

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