Newsweekers Drink Moonshine
We all know that Newsweek is going through hard times, but how does the staff get by? We do a story about moonshine, of course! We organized a taste-testing of “legal moonshines,” which, though oxymoronic, is the latest trend in hipster drinking. This is why journalism and alcoholism both end the same way.
Reblogged from kryanjones with 82 notes / Permalink
Wow. You know things are bad in the newsroom when you organize a moonshine tasting… on the other hand.
kinda makes me want to apply for a job at Newsweek…
I’m rebloging this bc it’s posted on Dec. 10, the day I started to be able to drink legally
finally some legal moonshine. I hope it doesn’t taste as bad as everclear, although by the looks of their faces I don’t...
Growing up in the Bleugrass State, moonshine was never...bit further than a familiar...
Newsweek I remember fondly. Bottoms up!
“We do a story about moonshine, of course!” — what I said about researching 19th c. America.
You got that right! And read the story, by the lovely Jesse Ellison.
“This smells like rehab, I gotta tell you, that’s exactly what this smells like.”
moonshine. and one of them is gluten free…
This was filmed at 2:00 pm on a Thursday.
I support this decision. There’d better be some for me at that Meetup thing tonight!
Hey Newsweek, this is VERY CHARMING.
MM yummy. I could go for some moonshine.
newsweek staff = not-as-drunk as dn staff
Under the smooth finish, I detect notes of anomie and despair.
One comment: 40 80 proof is not real moonshine. Of course, the 200 proof I tried once (real, honest-to-goodness,...