Guides

Moonshine has a reputation problem. Mention it and people picture a jar, a still in the woods, and something that strips paint. Some of that history is real. Most of what’s sold as moonshine today is something quite different. The actual difference between whiskey and moonshine comes down to one […]

Aging your own bourbon is one of the few things in the whiskey world that’s both genuinely legal to do at home and genuinely interesting to do. You’re not making the spirit. That part requires a federal permit. You’re taking finished spirit and putting it into wood. What happens next […]

Moonshine is one of the few spirits better known for its story than its taste. Most people can tell you it was illegal and made in the woods. Far fewer could tell you what’s actually in the bottle. Here’s the history, what’s true in it, and what the word means […]

Walk into any bar, and you’ll see bourbon and whiskey listed as though they’re two different drinks. They aren’t. Bourbon is whiskey, in the same way a golden retriever is a dog. What makes it bourbon is a specific set of rules about how it’s made. Those rules are written […]