Whether you choose to sip it neat or mix it up with your favorite beverages, you can be sure you're experiencing the same legendary flavor that inspired so many generations of moonshiners before us! It also cmes in several delicious flavors like Apple Pie and Strawberry to suit any taste preference. The result is an ultra-smooth spirit that has won gold medals at some of the world's most prestigious spirits competitions!Īt 80 proof, Midnight Moon Original Moonshine has a subtle sweetness and clean finish that makes it perfect for sipping neat or mixing with your favorite cocktails. This unique spirit is crafted using corn mash and distilled according to Junior's own secret recipe. After retiring from racing in 1966, he turned his attention to producing legal spirits – starting with the launch of Midnight Moon Original Moonshine in 2005. Since then, Junior Johnson has become one of the most iconic figures in NASCAR history. He even built his first race car out of parts from a 1930 Ford Model A coupe that he had used to transport illegal liquor! After all, bootlegging moonshine was essentially a hereditary trait for him. His father and grandfather both ran successful stills during Prohibition, so it's no surprise that Junior followed in their footsteps. Junior Johnson was born into a family of moonshiners in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. A small, Southern town filled with kind folks, many of whom have lived here their entire lives.Introducing Junior Johnson's legendary Midnight Moon Original Moonshine! This award-winning moonshine is a tribute to the NASCAR racing legend, Junior Johnson, and his family's long history of moonshining in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Madison, North Carolina is exactly what you might imagine. The distillery is housed in the town’s former train station built in 1915. We are located in the town of Madison (pop. Piedmont Distillers is a small operation with fewer than ten employees. We are constantly innovating new spirits that embrace distilling traditions and ingredients of the region, excite the palate and the senses, and offer people something different than what’s typically on the store shelves. Rather, our focus is on hand-crafted, superior quality spirits that are made one small batch at a time. While our first two spirits are moonshines, Piedmont Distillers does not consider itself strictly a moonshine distillery. It is also born in a copper still, made from corn, crafted in small batches and triple distilled. It is based on the Johnson family’s generations-old moonshine recipe. In May of 2007, moonshine and racing legend Junior Johnson became part owner of Piedmont Distillers and together we introduced Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon. Catdaddy harkens back to the moonshining days-of-old with its corn recipe, secret flavors, copper still and small batch process. Piedmont Distillers opened its doors in 2005, with our first spirit Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine. Once he had learned as much as he could, Joe decided it was time to share North Carolina moonshine with the rest of the world. These old-timers shared their recipes, distilling techniques and general tricks of the trade. He read books, tasted all sorts of recipes, watched documentaries and eventually earned the trust of local moonshiners. Over the next several years, moonshine became Joe’s passion. He took a sip of the illicit brew and was surprised that it tasted great and was very smooth. He did not hesitate long, after all this was the stuff of legends. After all, he didn’t know where it came from or who made it. At first, Joe was apprehensive to take a sip.
On one such adventure, Joe found himself in a cabin in the woods listening to a jam session by local blues legends, when someone handed him a jar of peach moonshine.
Through his job in marketing, Joe had the opportunity to travel the South attending music festivals, NASCAR races and the like.
Producer Piedmont Distillers Founder, Joe Michalek, is a native New Yorker who moved to North Carolina in 1995.
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