Moonshine Tasting (November 13th, 2020)
This was our first Moonshine Tasting. Moonshine to me is homemade alcohol, normally of very high proof. It seems, these days, to be flavooured liqueur, with a low % alcohol, often 25%, and as some have said, with that low % of alcohol, why bother?!! We’ll definitely have to drink lots of water after this one, due to the high sugar content.
| TT Label | Description | Origin | Proof | Rating | Price (CAD$) |
| Bonus | Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine Blue Flame | Tennessee | 128 | 2.3 | $41 |
| A | Copperhead Magnetawn Rye Moonshine | Ontario | 80 | 5.2 | $30 |
| C | Moonshine Creek Canadiana | NB | 80 | 6.7 | $44 |
| E | Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine Apple Pie | Tennessee | 40 | 7.4 | $38 |
| D | Tom Green Maple Bacon Moonshine | Ontario | 60 | 7.0 | $30 |
| B | King’s Lock 1000 Island Moonshine | Ontario | 80 | 5.2 | $45 |
| G | Murphy’s Law Caramel | Ontario | 60 | 6.0 | $30 |
| F | Reunion Butter Tart Moonshine | Ontario | 50 | 8.3 | $35 |
The Survey Results
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | Bonus | |
| Neil | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Tim O | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Wayne | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Kyleigh | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Ben | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Chris B | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Kelly J | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Jerry Z | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Marcia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert S | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Stephanie | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Frank | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Cathy | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 67 | 68 | 87 | 91 | 96 | 108 | 78 | 30 |
| Average | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 2.3 |
This one was a fun tasting, can’t be too serious with moonshine. IMHO only the Bonus one was real moonshine, and it did rather poorly in our ranking, it wasn’t done blind given the % alcohol.
I think our group has a sweet tooth, since it’s often the sweetest one that wins the tasting. This one ws no exception, the winner was the butter tart one from Reunion Moonshine, from Top Shelf Distillers.
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