moonshine

Drunken raccoon’s life saved by nurse performing CPR after nearly drowning in moonshine

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Drunken raccoon’s life saved by nurse performing CPR after nearly drowning in moonshine

This dumpster-diving raccoon got trashed. When Kentucky nurse Misty Combs headed into work at Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg, she didn’t expect one of her patients that day to be a wild animal. “I’ve had some pretty crazy days on the job, but nothing like this,” Combs told local news outlet Lex18. Combs and … Read more

It’s time to taste poitín: Ireland’s mythologized, now legalized, moonshine

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It’s time to taste poitín: Ireland’s mythologized, now legalized, moonshine

For over 1,000 years, Ireland’s verdant hills and misty moors have held a secret — and no, we aren’t talking about leprechauns. We are talking about a spirit that is more entwined with the Irish identity than all the whiskey and Guinness combined. For three centuries, poitín (pronounced pot-cheen), Érie’s rare mountain dew, was illegal, … Read more