Does the same thing to your throat and stomach; my son in law said his Uncles who drank like that ended up with throat cancer. Drink water before ( qoute: martinez ) also helps the stomach if drinking straight. Never had moonshine I think thats for fools. "Everclear" is about as close as one can get to it; thats just silly 151 or 190 proof. I don't need to swallow paint stipper.Just a note to those who do make their own moonshine: I figured out why the distillers cut it down to 100 proof. At 135 proof, it eats its way out of the Mason jars.
My opinion is Water and Ice or make a Manhattan; at least your not drinking 80 proof Whisky. Two Manhattans would be my max and it goes well with food.
kv