"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss)
09/17/2014 at 16:13 • Filed to: None
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"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss)
09/17/2014 at 16:13 • Filed to: None | 0
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Years ago when I lived in the tropical paradise of Ghana, we used to drink a drink called Akpeteshie. It's a local Ghanaian moonshine that is made with either sugar cane (sometimes) or more usually palm wine.
It's a pretty hard liquor. Since it's made on the down low it's hard to know it's alcohol per volume content but the lower limit is reckoned to be about 30%. The upper limit...well who knows?
The liquor can be notoriously strong.
I was able to bring a few bottles back to Canada in 2008, but of course the well has long run dry. My friends called it "Jungle Juice". They didn't like it too much, but I really liked it.
What is the best/worst moonshine you've ever had?
crowmolly
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 16:14 |
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Cherry shine, made in the hills of Virginia by Norfolk-Southern railway workers.
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thebigbossyboss
> crowmolly
09/17/2014 at 16:15 |
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Best or worst?
Brian, The Life of
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 16:18 |
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Best and worst in the same fiery bottle.
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crowmolly
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 16:19 |
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Whoops! Best. It was very smooth. Highly alcoholic.
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thebigbossyboss
> Brian, The Life of
09/17/2014 at 16:23 |
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Good old Everclear. Not allowed here in Ontario but we bring it from Alberta sometimes.
ACESandEIGHTS
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 16:24 |
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Reminds me of
Three Sheets
. Zane once had some African moonshine brewed with... bees. Cracked me up.
Closest I've ever had is homebrew, and they've always sucked.
Been wanting to make my own cider (or at least create it with the help of a few gallons apple juice.)
vorspringing
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 16:57 |
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I have some cask-aged shine from home (Tennessee) that I'd put up against most commercial bourbons, but the best I ever had was an apple brandy from an old farmer in Yadkin County, North Carolina.
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> thebigbossyboss
09/17/2014 at 17:20 |
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Worst: http://www.cracked.com/article_16314_…
Best: I WOULDN'T KNOW, THAT SOUNDS ILLEGAL AND ONLY CREEPY HILLBILLIES KNOW WHERE TO GET THAT STUFF
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thebigbossyboss
> vdub_nut: scooter snob
09/17/2014 at 18:28 |
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That kenyan one is fucked!
BZiel
> vorspringing
09/17/2014 at 18:32 |
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Best I ever had is "Watauga County Spring Water" that we get from a family in Deep Gap, NC that has been 'shinin in the same spot for almost 200 years. The stuff is of legend. Even the sheriff deputies sweat by its quality.
Also have a 20 year old half quart left of "Fightin Likker" made by Popcorn himself. Damn good.
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vorspringing
> BZiel
09/17/2014 at 20:54 |
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The Tennessee 'shine is from Scott County, and it also came with a local law enforcement thumbs up. :) Best way to tell you're not getting something out of a radiator if you don't know the maker personally.