Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]where does the name moonshine come from? Steve On Jan 5, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Why waste your time and money on smokey, soap flavored whisky from > Scotland! > Moonshine is what REAL MEN drink. This Hudson Valley 100% corn whiskey > harkens back to an earlier time before Prohibition when there were over > 1200 > farm distilleries in New York State. Before the canals and the railroads, > farmers hauled their corn crop to the local distiller. The whiskey fetched > a > far higher price than the raw corn and was much easier to ship. Tuthilltown > whiskey is made with 100% New York legacy corn in the first legal > distillery > to open in the state in 70 years. It is bottled at a mind numbing 92 proof > and is guaranteed to be slow aged at least 24 hours. The Tuthilltown > Gristmill is a National Historic site so you can experience history while > you sip this ambrosia. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/New+York+Corn+Whiskey.jpg.html > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information