squirrel whiskey

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squirrel whiskey

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According to a widely repeated jocular explanation, “it [makes] those who [drink] it inclined to climb a tree,”; but the term is more plausibly explained by the fact that “squirrels were often drowned in the open-air mash-tubs used by moonshiners” and/or that the liquor was aged “by tying the keg in a tall pine tree”.

noun

Canada, US, obsolete, slang, uncountable High-proof, low-quality whiskey, generally produced illegally. […] he slept of[f] his load of squirrel whiskey and went home forgetting a duty for which he was discharged.
Similar: hooch, moonshine, red-eye, rotgut

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"squirrel whiskey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/squirrel%20whiskey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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squirrel whiskey. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/squirrel%20whiskey

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"squirrel whiskey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/squirrel%20whiskey.

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@misc{squirrel_whiskey_2026,
  title = {squirrel whiskey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/squirrel%20whiskey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}