What is Moonshine? Tennessee and Kentucky are very famous for making moonshine, moonshine is just simply alcohol brewed in your own home. It is illegal to make, because its easy to make, and its impossible for the government to collect taxes off of it. People can make it in all different strengths and flavors that they want. Moonshine can be toxic if you make it the wrong way and if your not careful. If you buy moonshine, be sure to take a small amount out and burn it, if it burns blue its fine, any other color then do not drink it, dispose of it immediately. Moonshine can be contaminated but stuff left in the still. Lead can get into the moonshine, and so can glycol, both of these things are very poisonous and potentially deadly. Testing moonshine to test the strength level can be as easy as shaking the jar. When you shake the jar, large bubbles with a short duration means it has a high alcohol content, while smaller bubbles the disappear more slowly show that it has a lower amount of alcohol content in it. You can also buy a tool that tells the percentage, you put the shine in ...