Thunder Roads Ohio June 2021

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Doug Taylor Moonshiner & TRO Area Manager

SHINE 'N IRON

M nshiners and Motorcycles As the riding season starts, I have been out promoting Thunder Roads Ohio and my Northern Yankee Moonshine and Master Distiller products. I have set up at Queen City Harley Davidson for their Vintage Bike Night and Bike Night at Milford Quaker Steak and Lube. Our most recent adventure was to join Flatrock Distilling Company For Moonshiners at The Max. A new partner with Thunder Roads Ohio, The Max Bar and Grill in Logan were the hosts to Moonshiner Master Distillers Tom Spisak III, Steve Watson, Myself and the North Carolina Moonshine Mamas for a Meet and Greet event. Flatrock Distilling Company is producing their Legacy Series products for Moonshiners from the show and a few others. They recently released Van Fields Living Proof - Triple Malt Whiskey. Their newest product, set to release in July for Chris “The Appalachian Outlaw Ewok” Carswell is called Three Sheets Java Rum. I met Chris Carswell or Ewok, as he was called on The Moonshiners at the Hillbilly Jam in Maggie Valley, NC. Ewok was a cast member with his partner, Van Fields on Season 9 of the show. He has a lot of action and adventure built into his regular day jobs. He is a Wild Land Firefighter and spent August through October in Northern California fighting 3 different fires. He has been a White Water River Guide for 26 years. He is a full time guide on The Pigeon River for Smoky Mountain River Rat, 3630 Harford Rd Hartford Tn 37753 just outside of Gatlinburg. You can call and request him as a guide at 423-487-4303. He works with his friends at Outlaw Paranormal Investigation and Moonshine hosting ghost tours. His Three Sheets Java Rum that will be released by Flatrock Distilling Co. is a variation of a Rum recipe that was brought here over 200 years ago by his 4x great grandfather. He is using this recipe but substituting coffee for the water. During the process of developing his recipe, he discovered that it would require a special yeast to make the coffee product ferment into alcohol. Digger with his store, The Fruit Jar was able to recommend the right yeast to use. Ewok stated that he has been around Moonshining all his life. His Dad went to Vietnam because he got caught running liquor. He was given the choice of go to jail or go to Vietnam. After the war, while doing training in the Mountains, his father met his mother. Ewok related that he has always said, “I’m alive because of Moonshine.” We wish Ewok best of luck with the future release of his Three Sheets Java Rum. Look forward to seeing you out riding. Be Safe and Shine On “Shiner” Moonshiner, Doug Taylor TRO

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