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Moonshine, the Glossary

Index Moonshine

Moonshine is high-proof liquor, traditionally made or distributed illegally.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 111 relations: Acetone, Activated carbon, Alaska, Alcohol (chemistry), Alcohol (drug), Alcohol and Drugs History Society, Alcohol by volume, Alcohol law, Alcohol proof, Alcohol-related crime, Aldehyde, American Civil War, Amos Owens, Antifreeze, Appalachia, Appalachian Studies Association, Aquarium heater, Arizona, Asheville Citizen-Times, Batch distillation, Bootleggers and Baptists, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Chemical compound, CNN, Cocke County, Tennessee, Cognac, Column still, Congener (beverages), Continuous distillation, Copper, Diol, Disease outbreak, Distillation, Dixie Mafia, Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Electric heating, Electric water boiler, Electrical injury, Ethanol, Farmhouse ale, Flavored liquor, Folk saint, Fraction (chemistry), Fractional crystallization (chemistry), Fractionation, Free Beer, Fusel alcohol, Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Grain, Harlan County, Kentucky, ... Expand index (61 more) »

  2. Alcohol-related crimes
  3. Homebrewing
  4. Illegal drug trade
  5. Whisky

Acetone

Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula.

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Activated carbon

Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, is a form of carbon commonly used to filter contaminants from water and air, among many other uses.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alcohol (chemistry)

In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.

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Alcohol (drug)

Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world and falls under the depressant category. Moonshine and Alcohol (drug) are alcohol-related crimes.

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Alcohol and Drugs History Society

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS) is a scholarly organization whose members study the history of a variety of illegal, regulated, and unregulated drugs such as opium, alcohol, and coffee.

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Alcohol by volume

Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as alc/vol or ABV) is a standard measure of the volume of alcohol contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage, expressed as a volume percent.

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Alcohol law

Alcohol laws are laws relating to manufacture, use, being under the influence of and sale of alcohol (also known formally as ethanol) or alcoholic beverages.

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Alcohol proof

Alcohol proof (usually termed simply "proof" in relation to a beverage) is a measure of the content of ethanol (alcohol) in an alcoholic beverage.

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Alcohol-related crime refers to criminal activities that involve alcohol use as well as violations of regulations covering the sale or use of alcohol; in other words, activities violating the alcohol laws. Moonshine and alcohol-related crime are alcohol-related crimes.

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Aldehyde

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. Moonshine and American Civil War are Western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Amos Owens

Amos Owens (ca. 1822 – 1906), aka The Cherry Bounce King, was a nineteenth and early twentieth century moonshine producer who lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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Antifreeze

An antifreeze is an additive which lowers the freezing point of a water-based liquid.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

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Appalachian Studies Association

The Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) is an organization of scholars and activists interested in Appalachian studies.

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Aquarium heater

An aquarium heater is a device used in the fishkeeping hobby to warm the temperature of water in aquariums.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

The Asheville Citizen-Times is a daily newspaper of Asheville, North Carolina.

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Batch distillation

Batch distillation refers to the use of distillation in batches, meaning that a mixture is distilled to separate it into its component fractions before the distillation still is again charged with more mixture and the process is repeated.

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Bootleggers and Baptists

Bootleggers and Baptists is a concept put forth by regulatory economist Bruce Yandle, For much of the 20th century, Baptists and other evangelical Christians were prominent in political activism for Sunday closing laws restricting the sale of alcohol.

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.

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Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Cocke County, Tennessee

Cocke County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Cognac

Cognac (also) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France.

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Column still

A column still, also called a continuous still, patent still or Coffey still, is a variety of still consisting of two columns.

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Congener (beverages)

In the alcoholic beverages industry, congeners are substances, other than the desired type of alcohol and ethanol, produced during fermentation.

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Continuous distillation

Continuous distillation, a form of distillation, is an ongoing separation in which a mixture is continuously (without interruption) fed into the process and separated fractions are removed continuously as output streams.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Diol

A diol is a chemical compound containing two hydroxyl groups (groups).

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Disease outbreak

In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season.

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Distillation

Distillation, also classical distillation, is the process of separating the component substances of a liquid mixture of two or more chemically discrete substances; the separation process is realized by way of the selective boiling of the mixture and the condensation of the vapors in a still.

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Dixie Mafia

The Dixie Mafia, or the Dixie Mob, is an American criminal organization composed mainly of White Southerners and based in Biloxi, Mississippi, operating primarily throughout the Southern United States since at least the late 1960s.

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Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

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Electric heating

Electric heating is a process in which electrical energy is converted directly to heat energy.

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Electric water boiler

An electric water boiler, also called a thermo pot, is a consumer electronics small appliance used for boiling water and maintaining it at a constant temperature in an enclosed reservoir.

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Electrical injury

An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.

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Ethanol

Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Farmhouse ale

Farmhouse ale is an ancient European tradition where farmers brewed beer for consumption on the farm from their own grain.

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Flavored liquor

Flavored liquors (also called infused liquors) are liquors that have added flavoring and, in some cases, a small amount of added sugar. Moonshine and Flavored liquor are distilled drinks.

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Folk saint

Folk saints are dead people or other spiritually powerful entities (such as indigenous spirits) venerated as saints, but not officially canonized.

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Fraction (chemistry)

A fraction in chemistry is a quantity collected from a batch of a substance in a fractionating separation process.

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Fractional crystallization (chemistry)

In chemistry, fractional crystallization is a stage-wise separation technique that relies on the liquid-solid phase change.

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Fractionation

Fractionation is a separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture (of gasses, solids, liquids, enzymes, or isotopes, or a suspension) is divided during a phase transition, into a number of smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition varies according to a gradient.

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Free Beer

Free Beer is a beer brand collaboration between students of IT University of Copenhagen and the artist collective Superflex initiated in 2004.

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Fusel alcohol

Fusel alcohols or fuselol, also sometimes called fusel oils in Europe, are mixtures of several higher alcohols (those with more than two carbons, chiefly amyl alcohol) produced as a by-product of alcoholic fermentation.

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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around the world.

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Grain

A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption.

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Harlan County, Kentucky

Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky.

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Homebrewing

Homebrewing is the brewing of beer or other alcoholic beverages on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes.

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Hydrometer

A hydrometer or lactometer is an instrument used for measuring density or relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy.

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Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson Jr.

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Kidney disease

Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney.

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Kilju

Kilju is the Finnish word for home made alcoholic beverage typically made of sugar, yeast, and water.

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Lacing (drugs)

Lacing or cutting, in drug culture, refer to the act of using a substance (referred to as the lacing agent or cutting agent) to adulterate substances independent of the reason.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body.

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Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States

In the United States, the non-medical use of cannabis is legalized in 24 states (plus Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia) and decriminalized in 7 states, as of November 2023.

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Liquor

Liquor or distilled beverage is an alcoholic drink produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Moonshine and Liquor are distilled drinks.

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Maggie Valley, North Carolina

Maggie Valley is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.

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Mashing

In brewing and distilling, mashing is the process of combining a mix of ground grains – typically malted barley with supplementary grains such as corn, sorghum, rye, or wheat (known as the "grain bill") with water and then heating the mixture.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Maximón

Maximón, also called San Simón, is a Maya deity, narco-saint, and folk saint, represented in various forms by the Maya peoples of several towns in the Guatemalan Highlands.

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Methanol

Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).

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Methanol toxicity

Methanol toxicity (also methanol poisoning) is poisoning from methanol, characteristically via ingestion.

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Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Mixture

A mixture is a material made up of two or more different chemical substances which can be separated by physical method.

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Mnemonic

A mnemonic device or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember.

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Molecular sieve

A molecular sieve is a material with pores of uniform size.

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Moonshine by country

Moonshine from various countries that have been known to be contaminated.

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Moonshine (illicit distillation) is referenced in many works, including books, motion pictures, musical lyrics and television.

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NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Nip joint

Nip joints, found most commonly in Appalachia and similar areas where corn is grown in abundance, are venues where illegal liquor (i.e., moonshine) is sold, often by the drink.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its people by collecting, interpreting, and disseminating knowledge and artifacts of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally OSU, OK State, Oklahoma State) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.

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Popcorn Sutton

Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (October 5, 1946March 16, 2009) was an American Appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger.

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Prohibition in the United States

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

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Radiator (engine cooling)

Radiators are heat exchangers used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating plants or any similar use of such an engine.

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Rectified spirit

Rectified spirit, also known as neutral spirits, rectified alcohol or ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, is highly concentrated ethanol that has been purified by means of repeated distillation in a process called rectification. Moonshine and rectified spirit are distilled drinks.

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Revenue Act of 1861

The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute (see). The Act, motivated by the need to fund the Civil War, imposed an income tax to be "levied, collected, and paid, upon the annual income of every person residing in the United States, whether such income is derived from any kind of property, or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other source whatever".

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Revenue Act of 1862

The Revenue Act of 1862 (July 1, 1862, Ch. 119), was a bill the United States Congress passed to help fund the American Civil War.

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Rum-running

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Moonshine and Rum-running are alcohol-related crimes.

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Rutherford County, North Carolina

Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Separation process

A separation process is a method that converts a mixture or a solution of chemical substances into two or more distinct product mixtures, a scientific process of separating two or more substances in order to obtain purity.

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Shades of white

Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white.

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Shock absorber

A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.

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Smithsonian (magazine)

Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com), and is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization.

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Sour mash

Sour mash (or sourmash) is a process used in the distilling industry that uses material from an older batch of mash to adjust the acidity of a new mash.

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Sous vide

Sous vide (French for 'under vacuum'), also known as low-temperature, long-time (LTLT) cooking, is a method of cooking invented by the French chef Georges Pralus in 1974, in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer than usual cooking times (usually one to seven hours, and more than three days in some cases) at a precisely regulated temperature.

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Standard atmosphere (unit)

The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as Pa.

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Still

A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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Tariff of 1791

Tariff of 1791 or Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 was a United States statute establishing a taxation policy to further reduce Colonial America public debt as assumed by the residuals of American Revolution.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.

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Thermal immersion circulator

A thermal immersion circulator is an electrically powered device that circulates and heats a warm fluid kept at an accurate and stable temperature.

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Tlingit

The Tlingit or Lingít are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and constitute two of the two-hundred thirty-one (231, as of 2022) federally recognized Tribes of Alaska.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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Vaporization

Vaporization (or vaporisation) of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Waterproofing

Waterproofing is the process of making an object, person or structure waterproof or water-resistant so that it remains relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions.

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Whiskey Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington.

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Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash. Moonshine and whisky are distilled drinks.

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Zeolite

Zeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts.

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See also

Homebrewing

Illegal drug trade

Whisky

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine

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