Why are illegal whiskey makers called Moonshiners?!
Answers: Where did that name come from? And the illegal whiskey is called moonshine. Why?
It was originally a euphemism for 'nothing.' Because it's illicit, it must be smuggled...when talking about it to others about what they had for sale, what's in the crates, or what they wanted someone to ship for them, etc, the standard answer was a euphemistic way of saying 'nothing,' that is 'moonshine.'
Because they made their product and delivered their product under the light of the moon at night to avoid getting caught
because back in the day when alcohol was banned the people who made it illegally made it at night
Because they would package it and transport it at night when no one could see what they were doing.
Because they used to run the stuff at night by the light of the moon without lights! Lights in the woods would bring in the local law!!!!!! Drink up!
The name is often assumed to be derived from the fact that moonshine producers and smugglers would often work at night (i.e. under the light of the moon) to avoid arrest for producing illegal liquor. The 1811 edition of the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose, defines "moonshine" as follows: "A matter or mouthful of moonshine; a trifle, nothing. The white brandy smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, and the gin in the north of Yorkshire, are also called moonshine." It has been suggested that the term might derive from smugglers' explaining away their boxes and barrels as "mere moonshine" (that is, nothing).
The name is often assumed to be derived from the fact that moonshine producers and smugglers would often work at night or in coined terms under the light of the moon to avoid arrest for producing illegal liquor.
And then came NASCAR!
Shine runners racing through the back woods from the law
Since making alcohol was illegal distillers usually worked during the dead of night in the middle of the woods to keep from being caught.
it got is name bc of the ppl that made it worked at night under the light of the moon.bc it was illegal so they had to do that
Because they did it in the middle of night, and used the light of the moon. They did it at night, so no one would see them.