Did you ever drink anything out of a Mason Jar?

[trof]

Be it known that I, JOHN L. MASON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Necks of Bottles, Jars, &c., especially such as are intended to be air and water tight, such as are used for sweetmeats...

~ John L. Mason's jar patent, 1858

2008 is the sesquicentennial of the Mason jar, the iconic container of 20th-century moonshining (the pottery jug, complete with its triple-x rating, is arguably an emblem of distilleries—licit and otherwise—from the latter part of the 19th century). Though I’ve seen homemade brandies and whiskeys stored in repurposed empty bottles of Jack Daniel’s, Crown Royal, Bacardi, and Voss water, most of the examples with Appalachian appellations that’ve been pressed into my hands come in old school Mason jars with two-part, screw-on lids.

See, Mason jars, for distillers of a certain mindset, are part and parcel of an authentic moonshine experience. For some, it just isn’t really shine at all unless it comes in a screw-top jar. In fact, there’s an old joke in distilling circles that you can tell the confirmed corn drinkers because they have a permanent indentation on the bridges of their noses, right where the rim of a jar might bump during deep quaffs.
http://matthew-rowley.blogspot.com/2008/07/moonshiners-toolbox-mason-jar-turns-150.html

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[Lars39]

1. I've seen some tipping.

Wasn't supposed to have. :)

[ashling]

33. Remember the Restraunt chain 'The Mason Jar"

We keep mason jars for glasses. I drink sweet tea and milk from them (not at the same time)

[Aristus]

2. There used to be a restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky called "Spats".

It was an early theme restaurant a little like Red Robin, gourmet burgers and so on; they served their beverages in Mason jars.

My family loved going there. It was a lot of fun...

[Left Is Write]

3. The Italian Pie Shoppe in Eagan, MN, used to serve beer, pop AND wine in jars...

I don't know if they still do.

[undeterred]

4. No, but I got my boyfriend to pee in one once.

[GOPisEvil]

5. Remember a restaurant chain called Po' Folks?

When I didn't have an RC (sold in bottles kept on ice), I had sweet tea out of mason jars. Mason jars were their vessel of choice.

[yellowdogintexas]

29. there were a lot of places like that in the Southern US , family style food

Mason jars full of tea.

It became less authentic when the Mason jars grew handles

[triguy46]

6. Yes. When in college....

at Oklahoma State in the early '70s, a very popular bar was called "The Mason Jar", or as it soon came to be known, "The Jar." It was just beer in a jar.

[Breeze54]

7. I used to frequent a Pub in Vegas that served beer in 16 oz. mason jars!

They had pizza and hot wings and dim lights and music and it was a great place for a date! ;)

[Duppers]

8. in the south?

oh yeah. but not until about 10 yrs ago. white lightin'

[noamnety]

9. odd timing for this question.

last week, I returned back to work, brought my coffee pot, coffee, filters. Forgot my mug.

I remembered I had two cases of mason jars in my trunk - drank my coffee out of one of those. Then the next day three students stopped in with time to kill, I offered them coffee, and served it to them in more mason jars. We had a discussion about drinking from the mason jars, they thought it was the weirdest thing.

[DarkTirade]

10. Ironically, I make my alcohol out of something that comes out of a mason jar...

I brew mead, and the gallon I've got brewing in the basement right now is made from honey that comes in mason jars. :P

[libnnc]

11. well....only in measured amounts

a tablespoon full of "the recipe" in a cup of tea works wonders for a cold O8)

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. Did you ever drink anything out of a Jackie Mason?

[libnnc]

15. oh lord

:puke:

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. Better here than out in the Lounge in general where it should be.

[LostInAnomie]

13. Hell yeah

I didn't take too many drinks though. I was on my ass pretty soon afterwards.

[Danger Mouse]

14. The brine that Hitler's brain was pickled in.

[AbbeyRoad]

16. Yeah, I still do

but never liquor

It's good, cheap glassware that doesn't break easily. Maybe that makes me a bit of a hillbilly but so be it. :)

[jody]

17. trof, surely you know COUNTRY'S BARBECUE serves tea in Mason Jars -- don't you? Have a nice evening

and try to stay dry over the next week.

Jody :hi:

[SacredCow]

18. Yes....

Moonshine. Made from sugar-cane from a college friend's family's cane farm.

I can not stress enough just how bad moonshine made from pure cane sugar can eff you up. It was beyond anything I have ever experienced....

[TrogL]

19. Milk

It tastes better somehow.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Yep, all the time.

Not sure why, but I love it.

[seemunkee]

21. Georgia Moon

[RushIsRot]

22. Iced tea on several occasions. Other than that, no. DRAT!

[Lethe]

23. nope, but i've had some god damn outstanding apricot cobblers

that came from jarred apricots in mason jars.

canned fresh from the tree by industrious women who abhorred botulism and adored frugivorous culinary delights! (my grandma)

edit: apricot cobbler and blackberry cobbler are the best desserts known to man. (with cream or vanilla ice cream)

[yellowdogintexas]

30. or peach cobbler! nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. yes.

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[cwydro]

25. Yep,

iced tea, beer, soda.

Oh...and White Lightnin'.:evilgrin:

[madeline_con]

26. I have a small collection, a couple have zinc lids.

My fave has a two piece top. The lid has a glass underside. The jar is a beautiful bluish green.

[grasswire]

28. chug-a-lug

Can't help but be reminded of the song written by Roger Miller:


Grape wine in a mason jar
Homemade and brought to school
By a friend of mine after class
Me and him and this other fool
Decided that we'll drink up whats left
chug-a-lug so I helped myself
first time for everything
umm my ears still ring

Chug-a-lug Chug-a-lug
Make u wanna holla hidy hoe,
Burns your tummy don't you know
Chug-a-lug chug-a-lug

4 H and an FFA
On a field trip to the farm
Me and friend sneek off behind
This big old barn
Where we uncovered a covered up
Moonshine still
And we thought we'd drink our fill
And I swallowed it with a smile
ohh I run ten mile

Chug-a-lug chug a lug
Make u wanna holla hidy hoe,
Burns your tummy don't you know
Chug-a-lug chug-a-lug

Jukebox and sawdust floor
Somthin' like i've never seen
Heck I'm just going on 15,
But with the help of my fanaglein' uncle
I get snuk in for my first taste of sin
I said let me have a big old sip
bbbb i done a double back flip

Chug-a-lug chug a lug
Make u wanna holla hidy hoe,
Burns your tummy don't you know
Chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chig a chagle uh

[JitterbugPerfume]

31. yes

but I dont want to talk about it:evilgrin: :hi:

[LynzM]

32. Ah, moonshine...

Have a couple good friends who bring it up from Tennessee... :D

[joneschick]

34. it's quite possible that I have. I just don't remember

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