Best Photo Ever Taken of Moonshine

Yes, moonshine. Although technically they had a permit to make this (delicious) stuff, the entire distillery operation had such backyard bathtub feel it was hard not to call it moonshine. Produced in a couple of crumbling concrete buildings on the outskirts of Hanoi, this liquor was both wonderful and extremely strong (28 proof). The distillery operation was one of those homemade contraptions that was both perfectly and brilliantly engineered and sort of held together with duct tape. I can’t quite convey in writing the comedy and contrast of the whole scene. There is no arguing, however, with the quality of the end product, which was quite tasty and sold at the fanciest hotel in Hanoi.

The pack of wild dogs and puppies roaming the property, the bombed out bunker feel of the cellar, the rickety tables holding up the bottles (beautiful arranged and carefully labeled as they were): all of these atmospherics made the tour of this place one of those great contrasts you can only find in places like Vietnam. This photo always makes me smile, almost as much as I did when watching the tourists at the fancy hotel oooh and ahhh over the bottles of this stuff for sale in the lobby. Moonshine, people, moonshine.

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