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moonshine

high-proof distilled spirit, generally produced illicitly
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Summary

moonshine ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,840 views/month, #502 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: maize flour[2], malt[3], yeast[4], sugar[5], water[6]
  • Subclass of: liquor[7]
  • Commons category: Home-distilling[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Moonshine[9]
  • Different from: moonlight[10]
  • Fabrication method: distillation[11]

Why It Matters

moonshine has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] moonshine is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ibiblio.org. ibiblio.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ibiblio.org. ibiblio.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ibiblio.org. ibiblio.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ibiblio.org. ibiblio.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ibiblio.org. ibiblio.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_moonshine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{moonshine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/moonshine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 15w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/moonshine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/moonshine"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → distillation
    Subclass of → liquor
    Topic's main category → Category:Moonshine
    Different from → moonlight
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 3526, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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