But as the beer taps and bottles of vodka flow, there’s one spirit from that era making a comeback of sorts: moonshine. White lightning, hooch, bathtub gin – moonshine has held these monikers ...

Due to the high alcohol content and lack of aging (which mellows the flavor), moonshine typically tastes very strong. That's ...

"And people know it's tied to the history of NASCAR." Michalek, born in New York, and raised mostly in the Bronx, got into the moonshine business after a bit of wheel spinning and sharp turns that ...

Moonshine production quadrupled, with speakeasies and bootleggers distributing "white lightning" from coast to coast, making ...

The company moniker's nod to moonshine’s nickname — “white lightning” — even seems to hint at this. Hieger hopes that a Kickstarter campaign this month can help raise money so he can ...

The North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control had decided that it would stop trying to wean moonshine guzzlers, and would offer them a better product. White Lightning is produced from a mash of 85 ...

According to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, many of auto racing’s early stars drove, owned or built moonshine cars, with Wilkes County a hotbed for “white lightning.” And in the tradition of ...