are they? I must be confusing then. it was some clear extremely strong japanese liquor.. I thought it was sake.. it felt like fire going down my throat.. didn't even feel the liquid sensation..
Sake is what you're thinking of, and it isn't that strong. Like 12%. Rice liquor. Blech. Pear wine's pretty bomb though.
it can't be sake then.. it couldn't have been only like 12%.. that was insanely strong.. actually - no - strongest shit I must have had was absynthe
I work on one. Driving around a beverage cart serving beer water and powerade. I have a bunch of regulars, and these guys (brothers or brother in laws or something) have a bunch of family in Tennessee and told me about moonshine a few weeks ago. I told them I wanted to try some next time they had their hands on it and wa-la. I couldn't tell you if it was 'real' or not, but it wasn't horrible tasting.. just tasted like very strong raspberry liquor. and like I said, I poured in a cup filled to the top with ice, and sipped it slowly over like a 40 minute time period. Anyway yeah, I'd drink it again.
I've never had it flavored, just straight ol' homemade whiskey. It was definitely a favorite of mine.