squirrel whiskey

== English == === Etymology === 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 === squirrel whiskey (uncountable) (Canada, US, slang, obsolete) High-proof, low-quality whiskey, generally produced illegally. Synonyms: hooch, moonshine, red-eye, rotgut === References ===