Steve's Soulshine

12/25/2023

To All Our Friends and Family from My Family

12/16/2022

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Come out and help our buddy out! Tim could use our help and prayers!

11/04/2022

11/01/2022

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07/14/2022

I don’t share a lot of things like this but I enjoyed it and hope you do.

Mooooon Shine! Hold on Weekends Coming!

06/06/2022

Mia’s Magic Mango Elixir

A Mango Spirit infused with Seeet Chili Powder. For a delicious shot or a dangerous mixer.

06/06/2022

Should be a good time!

You don't want to miss the Cherry Bounce Festival!

06/06/2022

Home brewing was first introduced to the Appalachian region by Scots Irish settlers in the early 18th century. White lightening, Mountain Dew, and it's most famous name, Moonshine has become nearly synonymous with the mountain regions of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

Its medicinal uses were popularized throughout the region, as home brews were the only type of alcohol available. Following the American Revolution in 1791, the Whiskey Excise Tax was introduced to pay off the debts of the war. This is when the illegal production of moonshining began as a way to avoid taxes. Moonshining continued and became even more prominent throughout rural regions during the Prohibition Era of the early 20th century.

The production of illegal distilling throughout the Appalachian region has contributed to the stereotypes of the area as a lawless and "backwards" place. Alternatively, moonshine distillation has been used for centuries as a means of economic survival and as a cultivator of local identity and cultural (or counter-cultural) production.

Filson's collection is home to a moonshine still as seen in the image! Learn more about Moonshining in Kentucky from a 1986 oral history project by the at UK Libraries. https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7kd50fxr0c

Caption sources: "Moonshine, Mountaineers, and Modernity: Distilling Cultural History in the Southern Appalachian Mountains" by Emelie K. Peine and Kai A. Schafft from the Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2012 and "Moonshine in the Mountains" digital exhibit by Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center.

05/12/2022

Mango after adding sugar again.