Moonshines over the Blue Ridge

12/31/2020

All you wanted to know about mulled wine, cider, and Wassail, A traditional New Year’s drink with medieval roots and more!!  cheers!

Tradition surrounds mulled alcoholic beverage

09/10/2012

09/06/2012

Ah the lovely Gorge in Washington State... Great new group singing about Moonshine, from BK! (I miss the beautiful Gorge)

With the Sasquatch Music Festival booming overhead, the Brooklyn trio We Are Augustines dodges the wind — and the competing sound of Blind Pilot playing a set nearby — long enough to perform a stripped-down cover of Crooked Fingers' "New Drink for the Old Drunk."

08/21/2012

I have moved closer to the 'shine mecca... I am now producing in Virginia...

Moonshine Heritage. Exploring the History of Moonshine in the Appalachians

08/21/2012

Interesting read. I missed this while enjoying my summer...(eh hem or working my full-time job)

Two modern moonshiners are no Dukes of Hazzard, having spent several years securing the licenses and permits required to make and sell the 80-proof spirit.

05/11/2012

About to make Rhubarb, now that it is in season.

05/11/2012

05/11/2012

There are 26 songs about moonshine and many more that mention them...

Prohibition ended over 70 years ago, but moonshine songs have still enjoyed a fair amount of popularity in the past decades. Narrowing it down to only 26 songs was difficult, and this month’s Top Five was pretty hotly contested here at The 9513 compound. Nevertheless, we did our best to bring you so...

12/21/2011

Still on a quest to find Myrtle berries in the U.S. Impossible, but I will not give up hope. Maybe something similar, like goose berries. Uh Myrtle Beach? Not even close. Otherwise, I will smuggle them back from my pals in Nuoro, Sardinia.

Whenever my friend Andrea schedules a return visit to his native Sardinia, I try to remember to ask him to bring back a bottle of Mirto for me and to give him some cash to cover the cost. It’s one of my favorite after-dinner drinks and since it’s difficult to find in the U.S. his courtesies in t...

12/21/2011

Still in business making wintery mixtures of cardamom, ginger, apple cider and more. Bacon chocolate is available upon request. :)

08/30/2011

This is the song that inspired the name....

Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn By Guy Lombardo Orch. on Decca.