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Thunderbeast STORM Moonshine from Mad Buffalo Distillery

Item Number: 258

Estimated Value: 28 USD
Sold: 9 USD to Mommabaer

Number of Bids: 1 - Bid History

Item Description

From STLMag.com:

The traditional whiskey moonshine is distilled at Shawnee Bend Farms in Union, Mo., a family farm owned and operated by former environmental attorney Chris Burnette and his wife Elise. The Thunderbeast line is unique in that it’s made entirely from corn grown on Mad Buffalo’s farm.

Chris takes the "grain to glass" concept employed by other craft distilleries to another level. Where most grain to glass operations source their ingredients within 50 miles of their distillery, Burnette grows his grains himself. He coined his method “ground to glass,” as all of his ingredients are grown on his own 200-acre farm. Everything else he needs is sourced within the area—the labels are printed in St. Louis, the bottles made in Park Hills, and the barrels made in Cuba, MO.

You could say that the craft runs in the family, as both Chris and Elise can trace their lines back to moonshine. Almost every generation of the Burnette family distilled, with Chris’s great uncle even serving time for bootlegging. Scattered throughout Elise’s family history are a few distillers and one notable bootlegger. The Mad Buffalo name is an homage to her mother, an outspoken advocate for Native American rights. Thunderbeast, a traditional slang word for buffalo, plays off of the company’s theme.