On the 26th and 27th of January 2024, Mark Ramsey and Eric “Digger” Manes, stars of the hit television show Moonshiners, will be at the Sugarlands Gatlinburg distillery in Tennessee to launch their ‘Mark and Digger’s Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey’ in collaboration with the Sugarlands Distillery Company.
The Mark and Digger’s Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey is a 120-proof, unaged whiskey created to celebrate the craft of homemade spirits, also known as moonshine, that once thrived in secret across the region of Appalachia.
“Our new Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey is made with a recipe Digger and I have been perfecting for years,” said Ramsey. “We had the privilege of learning the art of making whiskey from scores of old backwoods liquor producers, and we’re excited to work with our friends at Sugarlands to bring this traditional corn whiskey to everyone.”
“This is a tried and true backwoods liquor recipe,” explained Manes. “No fancy frills, just good ol’ fashioned authenticity in every jar.”
Moonshine is a homemade corn whiskey, typically associated with the Appalachian Mountains and the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee; however, moonshine also has roots in West Virginia and Kentucky. Because the government once taxed alcohol on the size of the still it was produced in, Moonshine was developed as a way to avoid taxes, as it only required a small still to make which could be hidden from officials—hence the name ‘Moonshine’ because it was made in secret at the dead of night.
To mark the release of ‘Mark and Digger’s Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey,’ Mark and Digger will appear at Sugarlands’ Gatlinburg distillery, located at 805 Parkway, from 2–5 p.m. on Friday, January 26, and Saturday, January 27. This latest release is the third collaboration between Sugarlands and Mark and Digger, following on from their Rye Apple Moonshine launched in 2015 and Mark & Digger’s Hazelnut Rum in 2017.
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sugarlands-launches-mark–diggers-mountain-legacy-corn-whiskey-302032298.html
