Here in Georgia we drink that stuff straight-up. It tastes horrid, so no need to do anything but perhaps pinch your nostrils shut and take a swig.

Spike a watermelon!!

My friends just brought up some moonshine from Tennessee along with a bottle of raspberry lemonade. Mix it all up and drink in a tall glass loaded with ice. Delicious!!

If the drinkin' gets the best of you, make some homemade vanilla - high proof, neutral spirits are a great base. And then bake some awesome brownies or something. :)

Mash half a fresh peach in the bottom of the glass. Mix with 2 oz moonshine. Add a few ice cubes (Dilute with soda water if you must.)

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Make Limoncello (depending on the proof--because we usually just use Everclear) steep the bottle of moonshine and the peels, no pith, of 15 to 20 lemons for 2 weeks. Remove the peels. Dilute with 50/50 simple syrup, about the same amount as you have of the lemon/moonshine mix. It's limoncello. If it's too weak, add more liquor.

Despite the fancy label, it's basically Everclear. Proceed accordingly, and with caution.

My mom was given a bottle of homemade moonshine which still resides in her freezer. I shared it with a boyfriend once and we both found ourselves so thoroughly drunk after the second shot that we called it a night.

Drank my first from a still in the back hills of appalachia, KY out of a mason jar. Blinding! The locals like Pepperoni- moonshine, honey and black pepper, when they aren't drinking it straight.

Maybe you can use that for making advocaat? Do you have these little chocolate cups to fill it in? Cheers tho'! :)

You can just drink it neat, and you can infuse it, mix it with any fruit juice and you can sub it in anything mixed made with vodka. You can also mix it into a spritzer with any sweet soda- I seem to remember mixing it with Mountain Dew when I was young. There's a cocktail called Apple Pie made with moonshine, cider and vanilla vodka as well as some variants of Mint Julip made with fruit (or not).

Its great in homemade barbecue sauce.

Fire starter.

I've used moonshine (Everclear) to make limoncello. Granted it's strong as heck, but I never worry about freezing up and shattering the bottle (Freezer's where I keep the limoncello, so it's always icy cold).

2 oz strawberry-infused moonshine (Midnight Moon makes some) + 1 oz simple syrup + the juice of 1 lemon (or 1-1.5 oz lemon juice) = a small slice of heaven.

In my experience, you can think of moonshine in one of two ways when making cocktails: unaged whiskey or less distilled, unfiltered vodka. It will be lighter and obviously less woodsy than whiskey but it will have more flavor than vodka. Either way, it will have a bit of a bite to it, so adjust mixers accordingly. But that's the charm, right? Moonshine is more or less a starting point for either of those two categories of spirits. If you put moonshine into a barrel and age it, you'll wind up with whiskey. If you distill it a couple more times and filter it, you'll eventually end up with vodka.

Try it in a whiskey drink you've always thought of as too heavy or a vodka drink you've always wished had a more complex flavor.

I saw this today, Blueberry Pops using moonshine: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/06/peoples-pops-blueberry-moonshine-popsicles-recipe.html

I want to correct a lot of the posters who have referred to moonshine as Everclear or pure grain alcohol. Moonshine is traditionally made with corn and has noticeable corn undertones. PGA on the other hand is not made with corn but with wheat and has a very clean taste (although it has lots of burn). They are not the same product by any means.

When you say that you picked up an "authentic" bottle of shine, did this come off of some guy's still out in the woods or is that what the label reads on a bottle you bought at a store? If it came off of an illegal still then there's no way to know the proof without an alcoholmeter and may not be as efficient in extracting the flavor from lemon zest like a PGA would. If it is purchased from a store and just labeled as Authentic Carolina Moonshine then what you have is a watered down version of moonshine.

I've got a few favorite recipes we shared with customers, family & friends. You're welcome to them: http://bit.ly/KIs7OO

agreen10: is correct if you buy anything from a store thinking your getting moonshine your not. Your buying a micro distillerys version of it that is usally 80 proof. When moonshine comes out of the worm tap it's 160 to 190 proof depending on the shiners ablity. Now most shiners do take the different cuts made during the run and mix it together with water to get around 100 proof unless you know the guy making it and want it just straight up. It also has a different taste then everclear as the corn taste but is often also made with (sweet feed). Now for a few ways to make what you bought into something good and can also be done with everclear if you can't get your hands on real moonshine. I'd try apple pie or peach cobbler/ pie I'll include both recipes below and they are both great. But keep in mind if you drink right away the tones and taste will be stronger as nothing has aged. For best taste make some put away in your cuberd and let sit for about 1 to 6 months and let everything start working in the jar and I can promise you after that you will slap your momma it'll taste so good.

(side note) if your sick put honey... little pepper and your favorite jolley ranchers in a jar of moonshine let sit and when your sick it'll take the cough away and help you sleep like a baby.

1. first the peach cobbler/ pie Ingredients:

½ gallon (64 oz.) Welch’s White Grape Peach Juice
1 ½ cups White Sugar
1 can Sliced Peaches (15-16 oz.)
3 Cinnamon Sticks
½ cup ( 4oz.) Peach Schnapps

Bring this to a boil, then let it simmer covered for about an hour. Let it cool down to room temperature then add the following:

1 cup (8-9 oz.) 190 proof Grain Alcohol, Everclear, Graves, etc.
½ cup (4 oz.) Peach Schnapps

You may have to strain this a couple of times through cheesecloth. Now just pour it into some Mason Jars and let it sit for a couple of weeks in a cool dark place. You can drink it right away but the flavor does mellow and taste better.

2. apple pie
1/2 gallon of apple juice
1/2 gallon of apple cider
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cups of brown sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
1/2 liter of 190 Proof Grain Alcohol, Everclear or equivalent.

To get started, you need a large boiling pot. Add into this pot the apple juice, apple cider, the white and brown sugar, and the whole fresh cinnamon sticks. Bring these contents to a boil, then remove the pot from the stove and let it cool down to room temperature. Once at room temperature, gradually stir in the 190 proof grain alcohol. What you don’t consume in one sitting, you can bottle for later use. Store it in sterile Mason jars, place one cinnamon stick in each jar, and then store them in a cool dark dry place. After a couple of weeks your Apple Pie Moonshine will taste even better. This batch will make about 4 1/2 quarts.