Moonshine runs from a still at a home distillery into a large glass jug - Scott Olson/Getty Images You've heard the name; you may have even tried some, but what exactly is moonshine? Most simply, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you were learning about Prohibition in your high school history class, you probably heard a few ...

Before I went to Nashville in 2006, I’d never had moonshine. Prohibition ended in 1933, right? You can buy liquor in stores. Outside of cartoon hillbillies swilling from jugs labeled XXX, I was ...

While searching for a stolen car, deputies discovered more than 200 jars of moonshine on at a home in Lexington, N.C., about 65 miles northeast of uptown Charlotte, The Charlotte Observer reported.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Thursday is a special day for many parts of East Tennessee — National Moonshine Day. The day celebrates the long and complex history of the region's iconic, fiery liquor. Moonshine ...

Moonshine is a clear, unaged whiskey with a corn base and a high alcohol content you make at home. In the 18th century, it came to mean illegal liquor made and smuggled during the night…under the ...