Moonshine is an alcoholic drink, usually a high proof distilled spirit, associated with the illegal production of alcohol, and with good reason. Moonshine was intended to be produced illicitly, without government authorisation, and therefore without paying tax on it. In most countries, it is still illegal to distil spirits in such a fashion, and moonshine made this way also tends to lack government interference from a safety point of view.
In modern times, though moonshine may, and is, still distilled illegally, there ae commercial products that are fully legal that are being sold as moonshine. Given that this is done legally, with all licenses and duties paid, it's technically not moonshine.
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