Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton (October 5, 1946 – March 16, 2009) An American Appalachian moonshiner originally from Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Sutton was given the nickname of “Popcorn” Sutton after damaging a bar’s faulty popcorn vending machine with a pool cue. Sutton’s career in bootlegging – and getting caught for it – extended back to the 1970s. In 1999, Sutton published Me [...]
Distilleries are cutting corners to speed up the process of making whiskey. Will the industry suffer? The biggest obstacle a new whiskey distiller has to overcome is time. Simply turning yeast, water, and grain into alcohol is a relatively speedy process, but maturing a product in oak barrels to get something you can call whiskey [...]
Oyo Wheat Whiskey Middle West Spirits recently announced the release of Oyo Whiskey, an amber-colored alcohol that clocks in at 92 proof. Adding to the spirit’s intrigue, the small-batch, single-cask hooch is produced solely from soft red winter wheat sourced in Ohio, the same ingredient that powers Middle West’s flagship vodka. The most common whiskeys [...]
Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine When Tennessee state law recently changed to allow the distillation of spirits, one family saw an opportunity to showcase the art of superior mountain-made moonshine. The Ole Smoky Distillery is the product of the hard work and experience of a Tennessee family that has made moonshine in the mountains for the [...]
3 New American Whiskeys The country’s greatest spirits aren’t all from Kentucky and Tennessee anymore. Here are three to try from Oregon, Virginia and Vermont. Whipper Snapper Oregon Spirit Whiskey A blend of distilled malted barley and clear corn whiskey that spends, on average, a year in a variety of casks, including Pinot Noir barrels. [...]
Age Your Own Whiskey kit – Woodinville Whiskey Co. The magic that happens inside of a whiskey barrel has always intrigued whiskey drinkers. But unless you are a whiskey drinker who owns a distillery, it’s next to impossible to witness the transformation of the distillate from clear to brown, and the many flavor, aroma, and [...]
Moonshine as Currency. We here at Hammerstone’s Whiskey Disks would like to propose that the manufacturing of distilled alcohol at home is a very American and patriotic thing to do. Keep in mind, it is illegal to distill alcohol without obtaining a costly and litigious series of permits and licenses. Not too long ago in [...]
Corsair Artisan Distillery A change in the law has led to the rapid rise in micro-distilleries in Tennessee. Corsair Artisan Distillery is one such operation which has “reclaimed” its whiskey-making heritage. However, the firm and other artisan whiskey manufacturers are still waiting for one last piece of permitting so it can hold tours and tastings and sell bottles [...]
Kings County Distillery Moonshining and micro-distilleries are fast becoming the new coffee roasters and microbreweries of today. One of these micro-distilleries is the New York based, Kings County Distillery. These guys are NYC’s first legal whiskey operation since Prohibition. Paying homage to the co-founders’ bootlegging forefathers, they cook up organic New York corn (plus a touch of [...]
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