Generally, moonshine has a high alcohol content — 75% alcohol (150 proof) or higher — and is completely transparent because it isn't aged in barrels, as are most commercial whiskeys.

All the sweetness helps mask the harsh dose of alcohol moonshine is known for. "It's not as high proof as most people would think," Santos says. Firefly Moonshine boasts a 100.7 proof. By ...

Some moonshine producers will seek to offer reproductions of clear high-proof homemade alcohol from the Prohibition era. But moonshine can be used to describe anything that pertains to be strong ...

Pauley Hollow Distillery makes moonshine at their operation that is also up a hollow, but now 100% legal. The drink is a clear high-proof liquor, typically whiskey. Since 2016, Pauley Hollow ...