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  • @JamesCornwall95
    @JamesCornwall953 жыл бұрын

    Ad survey: Is there signs or imagery of alcohol in this video ? Me:....... No

  • @jarodwillmill1986

    @jarodwillmill1986

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha perfect!

  • @BigWolf130

    @BigWolf130

    3 жыл бұрын

    liquor made from potatoes is usually vodka, but anything high in starch will make vodka. Potatoes are just well known for it. I also think of potatoes when I think of moonshine because I use to think moonshine was vodka usually since movies show the moonshine as clear. lol

  • @joshuaclaywilliams6141

    @joshuaclaywilliams6141

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shrek is love

  • @dmechanicodude3960

    @dmechanicodude3960

    3 жыл бұрын

    The technique we use is called balloon framing. It makes houses cheaper and faster to construct.

  • @craigory87

    @craigory87

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 gotta love it

  • @mightymouse447
    @mightymouse4473 жыл бұрын

    Potatoes are often used in vodka as a substitute for cereal grains.

  • @est727xx5

    @est727xx5

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wouldnt say substitute because honestly Potato is def superior and I have never known or heard it to be used as a substitute

  • @jean-paulaudette9246

    @jean-paulaudette9246

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just about any sort of fruit or vegetable matter can be made into alcohol. So can wood, though spirits made from wood are far more poisonous.

  • @benjamindenton9453

    @benjamindenton9453

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jean-paulaudette9246 it’s pretty much all Methanol it’s almost nothing but lethal spirits isn’t it ?

  • @jean-paulaudette9246

    @jean-paulaudette9246

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@benjamindenton9453 Depends on how you mix your cocktails, I suppose.

  • @abramsse1
    @abramsse13 жыл бұрын

    Oversimplified: Americans were drinking way too much. The Norseman: We'll drink to that!

  • @RichDawg91
    @RichDawg913 жыл бұрын

    You can thank Prohibition for the birth of NASCAR. Bootleggers would go to mechanics looking to upgrade their cars so that they could outrun the police during their runs.

  • @stephenhilliard3931

    @stephenhilliard3931

    Жыл бұрын

    They souped up the engine of those cars and jacked up the rear suspension because they were carrying a lot of hooch in the trunk and drove through back roads at night with their headlights off to evade the police it was crazy.

  • @sld1776
    @sld17763 жыл бұрын

    Hoover Dam: Yes, named after President Hoover. President Roosevelt did all he could to name it after anyone EXCEPT Hoover, but he was overruled by Congress.

  • @AgapeForgotten

    @AgapeForgotten

    2 жыл бұрын

    He probably did it because.. he thought Hoover sucked. (Bad vacuum joke)

  • @VKiera
    @VKiera3 жыл бұрын

    I don't drink myself personally, but you both getting a beer to have while watching this is pretty hilarious. Even today though, there are many dry counties.

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love the irony 😂😂

  • @craigory87

    @craigory87

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah totally. And the laws here in Tennessee vary by county. Like here in my county you can only buy alcohol between 6am and 3am. For some reason I guess those 3 hours in between are really important or something. My neighboring county is much more strict. There its only available between 8am and midnight. And on Sunday between noon and midnight. Its so weird.

  • @drfye

    @drfye

    3 жыл бұрын

    during this lockdown I started making my own wine and cider.....A lot easier then I thought it would be🤔.

  • @joshuaclaywilliams6141

    @joshuaclaywilliams6141

    3 жыл бұрын

    Personally I just want to know where they got there fridge👀

  • @SeanPalcic

    @SeanPalcic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@craigory87 I recommend you research the dogshit Pennsylvania liquor laws

  • @manolososadavinci1937
    @manolososadavinci19373 жыл бұрын

    “Can I have a red one?” THE RED COATS ARE COMING THE RED COATS ARE COMING

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha that's hilarious 😂😂😂

  • @eugeneodonnell4680
    @eugeneodonnell46803 жыл бұрын

    The Prince of Wales was photographed leaving a speakeasy in NYC in 1924 which caused his dad King George V to prohibit him from visiting the USA!

  • @thunderbird1921

    @thunderbird1921

    3 жыл бұрын

    Knowing Edward VIII's reputation, why am I not surprised?

  • @johnmichaelchance1151
    @johnmichaelchance11513 жыл бұрын

    Prohibition is the origin of tipping in the U.S. It came about because customers would bribe their servers to bring them alcohol during their meal. Owners knew about this and allowed it because they were still making money. When the Great Depression came about and owners couldn’t pay their staff they said to provide better service so they would get better “tips” and then it just stuck.

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's actually an infesting fact ! I never woulda guessed

  • @lizd2943

    @lizd2943

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tipping in American goes back to the 19th century. It actually has rather a racist origin. Freed slaves generally either went to work as sharecroppers or in menial service positions, and employers would encourage customers to give them small tips so the employer didn't have to pay them.

  • @lizd2943

    @lizd2943

    3 жыл бұрын

    Though it may have spread more widely because of Prohibition.

  • @benjamindenton9453

    @benjamindenton9453

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lizd2943 I’m sure the concept goes even farther back than that but still interesting thanks !

  • @lazymansload520
    @lazymansload5203 жыл бұрын

    My great grandfather, an immigrant from Ireland, was a cop in Chicago during the time of al Capone. He even reported to the scene of the valentines massacre. I never met the man, but I understand he never liked talking about those days. One thing about the George Remus trial that didn’t get brought up is that his wife may or may not have been plotting to hire a hit man to kill her ex husband, though I don’t know if this was ever confirmed. At any rate, Remus won because he made it seem like the murder never would’ve happened if not for prohibition, and since the jury already hated prohibition, they saw Remus as the victim of an unfair law and found him not guilty. Just another reason why laws ought to be fair, less criminals use them to gain sympathy.

  • @airplanegod
    @airplanegod3 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The county where the Jack Daniels Distillery is, is a dry county. While it is legal to distill it there, it is illegal to sell it there.

  • @mmc8539

    @mmc8539

    3 жыл бұрын

    They’re actually doing tasting tours now. I had some friends visit over Memorial Day.

  • @tconlon251

    @tconlon251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don’t they “give” it away if you pay for the tour?

  • @airplanegod

    @airplanegod

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tconlon251 Yup, that's how they get away with it. They also "gift" something to their employees every year around the holidays.

  • @probably_afk
    @probably_afk3 жыл бұрын

    I'm here for the random unexpected Becca questions. No idea what she's gonna say but I know it's gonna be gold.

  • @becca7989

    @becca7989

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @sld1776
    @sld17763 жыл бұрын

    Vodka. Vodka is alcohol from potatoes.

  • @jeffy5482

    @jeffy5482

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup! Came here to say the same thing!

  • @vokasimid5330

    @vokasimid5330

    2 жыл бұрын

    Learn about that from "The Great Escape"

  • @sld1776

    @sld1776

    Жыл бұрын

    @Throw Away Cheeky. I was being cheeky. Jeez, man.

  • @SilverFang2789
    @SilverFang27893 жыл бұрын

    The reason why we had so many alcoholics in this time of America was because drink options were basically limited to alcohol, water and milk. Soda and fruit juices would be coming in a little later but not before prohibition took effect.

  • @stephenhilliard3931

    @stephenhilliard3931

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah because the pasteurization process which not only helps to preserve milk but also prevents grape juice from fermenting into wine wasn’t invented until after the ratification of the 18th amendment.

  • @otis299
    @otis2993 жыл бұрын

    Great reaction video. FYI vodka is made from potatoes. Moonshine is specific to liquor and is usually made from "mash," frequently a mix of corn, barley, yeast and maybe sugar that sits and ferments for a week or so. After it ferments, it contains a mix of water and alcohols: methanol (bad) and ethanol (tasty). Distillation is next where the first to be removed is methanol which has the lowest boiling point then ethanol with a higher bp. Excess methanol consumption can cause blindness, where excess ethanol consumption can cause regret and unwanted children.

  • @vokasimid5330

    @vokasimid5330

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just learn about it from "The Great Escape"

  • @infamous_richard8732
    @infamous_richard87323 жыл бұрын

    I love the fact you guys are drinking beer while reacting to this, I'm dying😂

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂gotta be done

  • @Pope_Francis_III

    @Pope_Francis_III

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good soldiers follow orders

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Pope_Francis_III *Headache intensifies*

  • @Pope_Francis_III

    @Pope_Francis_III

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JamesCornwall95 finally, a man of culture

  • @SororitasSimp
    @SororitasSimp3 жыл бұрын

    Oh the irony of you lots drinking beer while watching a vid about prohibition *Proceed to casually sips a glass of rum

  • @ryanje8147
    @ryanje81473 жыл бұрын

    So funny when you cracked open a couple of beers to watch this. Also that she wore a shirt with red wine stains on it. Good job.

  • @becca7989

    @becca7989

    3 жыл бұрын

    Red wine stains?! I cannot unsee that pattern as red wine stains now 🙃😂

  • @ryanje8147

    @ryanje8147

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@becca7989 ooops....sorry, I thought you did that on purpose as a funny thing for this video reaction.

  • @becca7989

    @becca7989

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ryanje8147 😂 no but I’m glad it fits in with the vid looking back now!

  • @jam3sbarry198
    @jam3sbarry1983 жыл бұрын

    100 % you can make moon shine with potatoes !! You can use anything really, corn, berries, any fruit, and alot of other things

  • @SherriLyle80s

    @SherriLyle80s

    2 жыл бұрын

    But normal moonshine is made with corn

  • @vokasimid5330

    @vokasimid5330

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just learn about that from "The Great Escape"

  • @proger1960
    @proger19603 жыл бұрын

    Finally the OG Norseman reacted to Prohibition 👌

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    Got you brother 💪🏼

  • @elkins4406
    @elkins44063 жыл бұрын

    American moonshine is usually made from corn, but I'm pretty sure what Becca is thinking of is poitin (sp?), which is Irish moonshine made from potatoes. It's one of those things that foreign tourists get warned about by elderly relatives when going to Ireland, "Oooh, be sure you don't drink any of that pot-cheen, or you'll go blind!" No idea if it's still even a widespread thing over there. I associate it with the sort of outdated travel advice one gets from really old people, you know, like information about where to order your traveler's checks.

  • @digitalviking3450
    @digitalviking34503 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine is homemade whiskey, so it's at least 51% corn and then you add barley or rye for flavor. Moonshine is clear because whiskey comes out clear and turns bronze in the aging process. Vodka is what's made with potatoes. A benefit of living in Kentucky is we have Bourbon Whiskey distilleries in almost every county and you can get tours and educated on it and taste test.

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955
    @ineedmoreflavour19553 жыл бұрын

    So glad this channel exists - just genuine, down to Earth reactions No cringe BS just quality All you guys need now is a patreon we can support you on :)

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate you brother, it is coming I promise 💪🏼❤️

  • @JPMadden
    @JPMadden3 жыл бұрын

    1) Many of those opposed to alcohol were fundamentalist Protestants, about whom I have it heard it said that their mission in life is stop anyone from ever having any fun. 2) Like other "hot button" issues in politics, the divide over Prohibition was socio-economic: rural vs. urban, conservative vs. liberal, native-born vs. immigrant, Protestant vs. Catholic, white vs. black, etc. 3) My paternal grandmother, who was the granddaughter of Irish immigrants, told me that in the 1920s as a teenage girl she helped her father run a grocery store. They had a compartment under the floor from which they sold illegal liquor. 4) The word "scofflaw" was the winning entry in a contest to create a new word to refer to the epidemic of illegal drinking. 5) It's remarkable how quickly Prohibition ended, especially considering how difficult it is to change the U.S. Constitution. 6) Although the violence and corruption are not as widespread, the "War on Drugs" is "Prohibition 2.0," and has also been a colossal failure. It started almost immediately after Prohibition ended, in part so the Federal law enforcement officials wouldn't lose their jobs. It's the reason why the U.S. has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. It's also to blame for a massive erosion of civil liberties in the criminal justice system, because there are too many drug arrests for the courts to have time for jury trials. Instead those arrested are often indicted on many charges and plead guilty to only some of them, regardless of their guilt, saving the time and expense required for a trial. There are people serving life sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Those who do get out of prison often lose their voting privileges for life, which has not been but should be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The hysteria over the Drug War leads both political parties to appoint or elect prosecutors and judges who simply disregard parts of the Bill of Rights. More than 80 years later some U.S. states have "legalized" marijuana, which is absurd because it's still illegal under federal law. Those states that have legalized marijuana have to just hope that whoever is U.S. President instructs the Department of Justice to simply ignore federal law.

  • @tbarnes10
    @tbarnes103 жыл бұрын

    Idk if this comes from prohibition but until recently (like within the last 10 years or so) in my state, Minnesota, it was illegal to sell alcohol on Sundays. You could still buy it at like bars and restaurants, but all liquor stores in the state had to close on Sunday

  • @airplanegod

    @airplanegod

    3 жыл бұрын

    They still close early on Sunday. I went around 6:30 PM to buy some beer and the store was closed. Thankfully there was a brewery nearby where I could buy some crowlers.

  • @Ronald98
    @Ronald983 жыл бұрын

    mates.. i would love to spend the WHOLE fricking day with you!! you guys are the best much love ❤️👍

  • @MasterShake9000
    @MasterShake90003 жыл бұрын

    This woman deserves seeing her man in a roaring 20s suit!!

  • @ScissorsRockinPaper
    @ScissorsRockinPaper3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in a “Dry county” no alcohol sales, in Texas. It just legalized alcohol sales in 2008

  • @mike.n.n.7723
    @mike.n.n.77233 жыл бұрын

    About the George Remus case, it was found out that Remus' wife had actually hired someone to kill him when he got out of prison, but the assassin instead confessed this plot to Remus Remus then decided to kill his wife before she could kill him, and won his case by pleading self-defence and temporary insanity due to the betrayal Bonus fact: the prohibition agent Remus' wife was having an affair with was actually working undercover as an inmate where Remus was jailed. Remus befriended him in jail and confessed that his wife was in control of all his money. When the agent heard this, he immediately resigned from his job and went straight to Remus' wife and began their affair

  • @TheChickenlittle11

    @TheChickenlittle11

    Жыл бұрын

    So the agent betrayed his new friend? Or was he having the affair to kind of get info on the wife to tell Remus what she was doing?

  • @mmc8539
    @mmc85393 жыл бұрын

    My great-great and great-grandpa had ties to the Italian mafia in Chicago. My grandpa used to tell me stories about “family” he met in Chicago when he was a kid.

  • @Pope_Francis_III
    @Pope_Francis_III3 жыл бұрын

    Just a few people dinking While watching a video about not drinking Glorious

  • @angiepen
    @angiepen3 жыл бұрын

    About the women complaining about alcohol -- to be fair, during the height of the women's temperance movement, the laws were pretty harsh from women's POV. Not only could a man drink his whole paycheck and leave his family to starve, or be evicted from their homes, but if his wife got a job (and many of these women were working class, and did have jobs), when *she* came home with *her* pay, it was legal for her husband to take it and go back to the bar. Legally, he owned her pay, because he was her husband. So if a man was an alcoholic, he could do serious damage to his family and his wife had no options at all. (DIvorce was also horribly shameful at this time, mostly for the woman, so leaving him would destroy her reputation and make it harder for her to get a job to support her kids.) The law was completely on the drunk husband's side, whether he was beating up his wife and kids, or just drinking all their income so they went hungry. This wasn't just a bunch of "Karens" with sticks up their arses. These women were fighting for their own welfare, and their children's, in a system where everything was stacked against them. Making alcohol illegal didn't actually solve these problems, but it seemed like a good idea at the time, back when it was assumed that alcohol was why some men abused their families.

  • @artembentsionov

    @artembentsionov

    2 жыл бұрын

    Does the video really make them seem like Karens? It seems they make legitimate points for why alcohol was bad. Sure, they don’t go into as much a detail as you, but this is called Oversimplified for a reason

  • @roddack
    @roddack3 жыл бұрын

    Love the vids! You two are just a delight! :)

  • @ericreinhart9795
    @ericreinhart97953 жыл бұрын

    I been waiting for you guys to react to this, thank you.

  • @urstonerfriend1115
    @urstonerfriend11153 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine was primarily made from corn since the great plains mostly grows corn.

  • @TheFlameoftheWest
    @TheFlameoftheWest3 жыл бұрын

    I loved that you cracked open some beers lol. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @johnalden5821
    @johnalden58213 жыл бұрын

    I spent one summer during college working as a field technician for the forestry department at a major university in the South. This required me to wend my way back up into the hills to collect water samples from remote stations that were sited on creeks and streams. And yes, the moonshine stills were still there (of course, not all of them were as old as the 1920s).

  • @nickwesthora3137
    @nickwesthora31372 жыл бұрын

    Elvis Juice!!!! My favorite!! Brewed in my tiny hometown of Canal Winchester, Ohio; Tokyo, Japan; and Aberdeen, Scotland!

  • @pyronuke4768
    @pyronuke47682 жыл бұрын

    It should be noted that before the 1900's the primary way of preserving food was to stick it in some form of brine, syrup, or alcohol. Ice Boxes, the predecessor to modern refrigerators, first became commercially available in the 1840's, but were more of a short-term solution as the ice would slowly melt over the course of several days, necessitating regular restocks. So if you were a mid-to-lower-class citizen and wanted a drink, you were usually limited to either water (which was often less than sanitary) or an alcoholic beverage.

  • @lexiLEACH
    @lexiLEACH3 жыл бұрын

    If I remember correctly prior to prohibition there was no federal income tax and alcohol was a major tax revenue for the federal government. To replace the tax revenue the income tax was instituted. After prohibition ended it never went away, even though alcohol is still taxed.

  • @kathyastrom1315

    @kathyastrom1315

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually, the constitutional amendment instituting the federal income tax was put into place in 1913, seven years before Prohibition. Wayne Wheeler worked with advocates of the income tax to get it passed, since he knew that the federal government needed some form of revenue to replace the loss of liquor tax dollars if Prohibition was to be adopted.

  • @erraticonteuse

    @erraticonteuse

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also even before the "income tax" amendment (that's not technically what it's about, but its technical purpose is complicated and boring and the reason it was passed was to create the income tax system we have now, so sure, it's the "income tax" amendment), there had been temporary income taxes like during the American Civil War. But basically Congress got tired of the Supreme Court being like "No, you can't just set taxes based on how much money someone actually has, you have to adjust for their state's population and the percentage of the federal budget and..." (I told you it was complicated and boring.)

  • @LeahWalentosky
    @LeahWalentosky2 жыл бұрын

    It’s called Moonshine because they needed moonshine to make it. It’s made out of apple peels and honey. It Is a separate drink mainly from the Appalachia. Vodka is made of potatos

  • @craigory87
    @craigory873 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Tennessee... a state that is notorious for moonshine. My grandfather actually made it and ran it for a living lol. We make our moonshine out of corn here... but you could use potatoes I guess. Anything starchy.

  • @stealth1692
    @stealth16923 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad you guys are finally reacting to this 👍

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's sooo good !!!

  • @stealth1692

    @stealth1692

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JamesCornwall95 it is indeed and I know it’s been said before but I love both your reactions to videos you both seem like your enjoying it rather than just watching it 👍

  • @kevinnodine6266
    @kevinnodine6266 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love that yall had a drink during the video. Totally appropriate. Lol. As an American, you have my respect.

  • @cyberanon2463
    @cyberanon24633 жыл бұрын

    I thought you already reacted to it but I am glad that you uploaded.

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did but people wanted to see Becc's reaction 💪🏼I enjoyed so I dm watching it again

  • @cyberanon2463

    @cyberanon2463

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JamesCornwall95 ohh ok

  • @Big_Bag_of_Pus
    @Big_Bag_of_Pus3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you can make alcohol from potatoes. If it's got carbohydrates, whether simple (sugars) or complex (starches), you can probably do things to it to make it straightforward for yeast to eat the carbs and excrete alcohol.

  • @andrewraczek8083
    @andrewraczek80833 жыл бұрын

    19:10 "LimeWire used to give my PC aids." Everyone agrees.

  • @becca7989

    @becca7989

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true 😂

  • @chesterparish3794
    @chesterparish37943 жыл бұрын

    She DID steal from him, but as a rule you don't really want to just murder people. Also Pizza is Italian-American not Italian. That had not much to do with the video I just want to make that clear.

  • @MrSophire

    @MrSophire

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually pizza is Italian but like all foods that came to America it became Americanized. Would you say tacos aren’t Mexican because Taco Bell’s tacos aren’t Mexican.

  • @chesterparish3794

    @chesterparish3794

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSophire first off, after researching more turns out that yes, pizza was from Italy but it became huge when it came to america. Second, who in the actual hell would say that Tacos aren't Mexican?

  • @saintcynicism2654
    @saintcynicism26543 жыл бұрын

    You can absolutely make alcohol from potatoes. Potato vodka's a thing, for example. Also, the Irish have definitely made potato liquor. I think the legal poitín is grain these days, but it can be made with potatoes as well (and also, y'know, illegally).

  • @vokasimid5330

    @vokasimid5330

    2 жыл бұрын

    Learn about it from "The Great Escape"

  • @northernlogger3196
    @northernlogger31963 жыл бұрын

    Stumbling across this while drinking apple pie moonshine is epic😂

  • @GroundZer0000
    @GroundZer00003 жыл бұрын

    Dude, it's a reaction, that's why we're here, we want to hear you speak about the video. Otherwise we would just go and watch the original.

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy14812 жыл бұрын

    There were THREE "Hoovers" that were famous at this time. "Hoover" the President. "Hoover" the head of the FBI. And "Hoover" the vacuum cleaner.

  • @stephenhilliard3931
    @stephenhilliard3931 Жыл бұрын

    I live in the American deep South and my American ancestry goes back at least three generations. I am also Irish Catholic so let me educate you. Moonshine is actually corn whiskey that has not been aged in oak barrel so does not turn brown and is clear. It’s also sometimes called white lightning or hooch. Vodka is made from potatoes, rum is made from molasses which is what you get when you processed sugar cane along with sugar, tequila is made from a plant that only grows in the in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. American whiskey is usually made from rye and corn.

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy14812 жыл бұрын

    "Moon Shine", the term, came about because many of the back country stills were operated at night, to keep from being caught. In the mountains of Eastern USA, they used grain mash (not potatoes). But I would guess, in the North, at least some people used potatoes....to make Vodka.

  • @Man-O-Little-Tan
    @Man-O-Little-Tan3 жыл бұрын

    In this situation women probably started the movement because they weren't the ones drinking heavily and they experienced more of the negative effects of it

  • @tanvu2728
    @tanvu27282 жыл бұрын

    Drinking beer while reacting to Prohibition.... MAD GENIUS XD

  • @libertatemadvocatus1797
    @libertatemadvocatus17973 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine can be made from almost anything. Usually corn, but also potatoes, apples, peaches, etc.

  • @dennisstafford1749
    @dennisstafford17492 жыл бұрын

    moonshine was typically made from corn and/or barley. Corn mash to distilled product and then sometimes distilled a second time yielded clear alcohol. This type alcohol aged in casks became whiskey and/or bourbon.

  • @nathanpark1058
    @nathanpark105827 күн бұрын

    There's a cave near me here in Alabama that was a speakeasy during Prohibition called Bangor Cave. It has a bar, dance floor for strippers, and even a jail cell carved out of the rocks.

  • @American_Outcast
    @American_Outcast3 жыл бұрын

    🙏🏻 Yes ! Please do 3 Kingdoms. That Era inspired a game I use to play called Dynasty Warriors. & It's Similar to how Game of Thrones. Was Partially inspired by the War of the Roses.

  • @peterepeatepete2845
    @peterepeatepete28453 жыл бұрын

    Ohhhh dear sir. Moonshine is NOT just illegal booze. It homemade whiskey and while still illegal in a lot of places, there are many where you can buy it legally. It is still sometimes illegal because home brewers often made batches that Literally made people go blind. (The homemade stuff, not the stuff you can get in stores now) Main thing to know tho is that it is STUPID strong. It was made to get you drunk, period, so it is tasteless and as close to rubbing alcohol as they can get it without being harmful to consume. There are moonshines that are 190 proof… which is 95% alchohol.

  • @peterepeatepete2845

    @peterepeatepete2845

    3 жыл бұрын

    I *think* the word you might be thinking of is bootlegged. You can have bootlegged whiskey or bootlegged vodka or beer and that would mean illegal stuff, but you wouldn’t say you had some moonshine and mean you had some illegally gotten beer.

  • @nnez9009
    @nnez90093 жыл бұрын

    There's actually controversy about the name of the Hoover Dam. It was originally called the Boulder Dam, but the Interior Secretary at the time called it the Hoover Dam at a ceremony starting construction on a railroad between Las Vegas and the dam site. The Interior Secretary at the time was criticized because Hoover was the sitting President and it was unprecedented. The Roosevelt Administration and his Secretary of the Interior explicitly referred to it as the Boulder Dam in all press. However, there was a lot of legislation that existed calling it the 'Hoover Dam' - essentially bills for funding and construction, etc. When it was completed, it was officially the 'Boulder Dam,' until 1947 when a bill passed, unanimously in both houses of the US Congress, officially named it the Hoover Dam.

  • @nnez9009

    @nnez9009

    3 жыл бұрын

    Adding onto this based on the conversation towards the end. Its largely accepted by economists and historians that the Great Depression ended because the US entered World War II. The wartime economy - massive government investment in infrastructure, war materiel, etc., is what ended the Great Depression here. Roosevelt's New Deal policies kept the Depression from getting worse, but wasn't chiefly responsible for recovering the economy.

  • @KumoriShichiyou
    @KumoriShichiyou9 ай бұрын

    If it can be fermented, then it can make alcohol. Potato alcohol absolutely exists. Luksusowa is a brand of potato vodka. As for the term "moonshine," that came about because the people making were doing it at night, to avoid getting caught. Ergo, "by the light of the moon."

  • @TomGorham
    @TomGorham2 жыл бұрын

    My grandparents used to go to "SpeakEasys" and drink during prohibition and drank "Bathtub Gin" at parties. They were pretty hip and my grandma was a "Flapper".

  • @Corvus1Corvidae
    @Corvus1Corvidae3 жыл бұрын

    I love y'all's reactions. So funny sometimes. 🤣 But seriously though, prohibition was awful. Obviously for many reasons like the video stated. I had relatives back in that time who were moonshiners and did bootlegging of booze in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. Also, most of the moonshine around my area and northeastern Tennessee, was made out of corn. At least to my knowledge. Btw, if yall ever come to the US, come to Tennessee where you can see all this Prohibition stuff.

  • @JamesCornwall95

    @JamesCornwall95

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been to Tennessee but I spent my whole time in Nashville about 3 days I think, it was amazing !!

  • @Corvus1Corvidae

    @Corvus1Corvidae

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JamesCornwall95 next time y'all come, if y'all come over together, check out cities and towns around Chattanooga, Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Johnson City, and just a whole lot of places in the Smokies. You'll love it there!

  • @arnoldrivas4590
    @arnoldrivas45903 жыл бұрын

    What’s the lesson? Never be a crime lord. The IRS will get you. Always.

  • @BlackJar72
    @BlackJar722 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine is basically corn whiskey that has *not* been aged but simply bottled/jugged straight from the still for sell or consumption -- though some also use the world moonshine for (any) illegal hard grain liquor.

  • @metalmonk3775
    @metalmonk37753 жыл бұрын

    You know its a good sign your girl said that womans death was acceptable before even acknowledging the part where she robbed the guy. That girl LOYAL lmao

  • @becca7989

    @becca7989

    3 жыл бұрын

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @justincoleman3868
    @justincoleman38683 жыл бұрын

    So Irish moonshine is made out of potatoes but it’s not called moonshine. It’s called poitin, pronounced pah-cheen. My grandfather brought it back from Ireland one time and an Irish tsa agent pulled it out of his bag (it’s illegal) and the agent asked what it was and my grandpa told him it was Irish spring water from his mothers well and he could have some if he’d like. The agent took a whif and said to him, “it’s a wee bit early in the mornin for me to be drinking your mother’s Irish well water”. The guy put it back in his bag and let him go. God I miss that man

  • @abdallaha92
    @abdallaha922 жыл бұрын

    Yeah the Hoover Dam was built by Hoover. That and getting Capone were his 2 accomplishments. But failing to do anything about the Great Depression is his main legacy

  • @stewardofconsciousness9781
    @stewardofconsciousness97812 жыл бұрын

    "I don't know what she's talking about? Do you take care of your family?" is my favorite line in this video.

  • @Xerrand
    @Xerrand3 жыл бұрын

    Poitin is an Irish moonshine. It's traditionally made from potato skins, although you can make it in different ways.

  • @kylarperkins1424
    @kylarperkins14243 жыл бұрын

    Love the vid

  • @RemoraDFC343
    @RemoraDFC3432 жыл бұрын

    Alcohol. The type of alcohol in the alcoholic drinks we drink is a chemical called ethanol. To make alcohol, you need to put grains, fruits or vegetables through a process called fermentation (when yeast or bacteria react with the sugars in food - the by-products are ethanol and carbon dioxide). It is produced by fermenting carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches. So to answer your question. Yes, you can make alcohol from Potatoes. Or anything that can ferment. Prunes, Bananas, Carrots, Lettuce, Spinach, Broccoli, Raspberries, Corn... anything that decays and produces Carbs.

  • @brianb8060
    @brianb80602 жыл бұрын

    When you mention, would they end the income-tax after prohibition ended. I just laughed, who has ever heard of a government, willingly ending a tax. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @janehrahan5116
    @janehrahan51163 жыл бұрын

    6:15, I know its a joke but it is a factor. The average workday for a man in the late 19th century in the us was 12 hours often 7 days a week with only 1 day a month fully off, for female workers the average work week was a "light" 10 hour day 6 days a week. Its not that women were "trying to keep busy" its that when you look at anything but the absolutely wealthiest in society most men were to busy to even consider social activism unless an issue was so destructive it 100% forced it. In pre revolution Paris you have a similar situation except the average male working hours was 13 with most men working 14 hour days.

  • @GunUDwnAt2nd
    @GunUDwnAt2nd10 ай бұрын

    "Acceptable?" "..." "Acceptable." Lmao y'all are awesome.

  • @Highice007
    @Highice0073 жыл бұрын

    You two should do a twenties theme vid, where you fancy dress as a gangster and a flapper.

  • @sallyintucson
    @sallyintucson3 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine is made of corn. A friend’s Great Grandfather had three farms. One for corn, one for stills and one for hogs who ate the evidence (corn husks and stalks.) His name is still well known in Alabama. In my family (California) there’s a story about our Great Grandmother setting the bathtub on fire while making bathtub gin. She had to call the fire dept and explain WHY the bathtub was on fire. I’m sure the firemen got a chuckle out of that. In some versions of the story, the local Bishop was at a lunch party in the backyard. I doubt they were drinking tea. LOL.

  • @lampcrow5453
    @lampcrow54533 жыл бұрын

    I think a reaction to some big video talking about facts about all the US Presidents would be neat. There are a lot of them, especially in the Victorian Era, that even most Americans don't know much or anything about.

  • @josephengel1
    @josephengel13 жыл бұрын

    Elvis Juice is delicious. I lived down the street from the US based Brewdog brewery in Columbus, Ohio. Excellent beer; great choice.

  • @SherriLyle80s
    @SherriLyle80s2 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine is an actually specific alcohol made from corn. Usually the majority is corn mash.

  • @bajancali8299
    @bajancali82993 жыл бұрын

    Another good video

  • @diegoserna5481
    @diegoserna54813 жыл бұрын

    I recommend watching the movie "lawless" with tom hardy and shia LaBeouf is about the prohibition

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles2 жыл бұрын

    Women got the vote just after the tap was turned off; the Eighteenth Amendment was followed quickly by the Nineteenth. Prohibition was directly related to the steady rise in female political power and influence throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focused on an issue which had been of paramount importance to women for decades. No one knew better the destructive effects of alcohol on the family.

  • @chrisdavis408
    @chrisdavis4082 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine comes from the back woods cooking the shine by the light of the moon.... at least that's my understanding.

  • @steelers6titles

    @steelers6titles

    2 жыл бұрын

    They kept a-lookin', Pappy kept a-cookin'.

  • @TheMaxmurphy1973
    @TheMaxmurphy19733 жыл бұрын

    Strawberry moonshine is incredible 😋...I grew up in WV where there are still mountain men making their own moonshine still to this day

  • @republiccommando1513
    @republiccommando15133 жыл бұрын

    Potatoes can be used to make vodka. You can also ferment potatoes skins with other stuff like yeast and molasses to make alcohol.

  • @bracejuice7955
    @bracejuice79553 жыл бұрын

    A great video to watch after a day where I began drinking at brunch. Btw dae hate that oversimplified pronounces women as “woman”

  • @rooseveltingudam6354
    @rooseveltingudam63543 жыл бұрын

    I really love your reactions ! Especially "The Fallen of WWII" one , but can I request u guys to react to Warpath official live action cinematic trailer ?

  • @matthewcostello3530
    @matthewcostello35303 жыл бұрын

    back before Prohibition you could walk into any bar buy a 5 cent beer and that entitled you to the beef and potatoes or Turkey at the end of the bar, al supplied by the brewery

  • @jonathan1606
    @jonathan16063 жыл бұрын

    can you guys do a react on internet historian videos?

  • @menwithven8114
    @menwithven81143 жыл бұрын

    My moms side of my family immigrated to America from Ireland in 1918 and my dads side immigrated from Germany in 1916. I'm sure they were all confused as shit lol.

  • @d.s.9692
    @d.s.96922 жыл бұрын

    As Churchill said, you can always count on America to do the right thing, after having tried every other option

  • @SebasTian58323
    @SebasTian583232 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to point out that a random mom making moonshine a few times got a worse punishment than a lawyer who broke the prohibition law 3,000 times and later killed his wife.

  • @liarwithagun

    @liarwithagun

    Жыл бұрын

    IDK anything about the details of the single mom, but the lawyer's wife had hired a hit man to kill Remus so she could keep all the money because she would have had it taken away in the divorce, and so his murder of her was actually self-defense. (Or at least that's what Remus was able to argue convincingly enough to get the jury to let him off)

  • @alsothejiraguy
    @alsothejiraguy2 жыл бұрын

    Moonshine is most often made from corn - though it can be made from anything with sugar in it.

  • @joeldykman7591
    @joeldykman75912 жыл бұрын

    Another faction heavily influential in the temperance movement was actually the clergy. It so happens that donations are far less frequent when all their parishioners are too busy spending all their money drinking and too hungover to attend mass.

  • @dangerousdylan6262
    @dangerousdylan62623 жыл бұрын

    I'm in Alabama and we still have several counties that do not allow the sale of alcohol.... matter of fact one of the counties (Cherokee County, AL) I grew up in just legalized it about 10 years ago

  • @matthewcostello3530
    @matthewcostello35303 жыл бұрын

    alcohol from potatoes is called Vodka in Russia and poteen in ireland

  • @skorpio156
    @skorpio1568 ай бұрын

    WE created our most famous Villians during Prohibition

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