Ole Smoky Moonshine White Lightnin' 750ml

Ole Smoky opened in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 2010, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, and built its name on moonshine sold in a mason jar. White Lightnin' is its unflavored, straight-from-the-still spirit.

Moonshine is the old name for unaged corn whiskey, and this one is made from a corn-based mash and bottled clear at 100 proof. Without barrel time there's no vanilla or caramel; instead it tastes of sweet corn and grain, with a clean, hot finish. It's bottled at 50%.

It's a bottle for mixing and for curiosity, a taste of what whiskey is before the barrel goes to work. For the same grain after years in oak, compare it with a bourbon.

Use it like white rum or vodka: shake 2oz with 1oz lemon juice and 3/4oz honey syrup for a Smoky Mountain sour, or top a shot with lemonade and iced tea over lots of ice.

We carry it in the 750ml size. More bottles are under American whiskey, and the rest of our whiskey is a click away. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery across NYC.