Jimmy Red dwindled because it’s not the kind of corn that is edible straight off the cob. It has to be dehydrated to extract its flavor and high oil content – ideal for making moonshine, but ...

For nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.

At the start of the 2000s, only two ears of corn remained. Courtesy of High Wire Distilling Co. Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell didn’t set out to help save a part of the country’s ...

First, it was Carolina Gold Rice that really inspired chefs to explore the historic Lowcountry pantry. Now it is Jimmy Red Corn. This heirloom grain, once almost extinct and now thriving in the ...

High Wire Distillery in Charleston makes a complex whiskey from historic and obscure Jimmy Red Corn. Find out why you should be drinking spirits made from heritage grains.

So, the couple began experimenting with Hire Wire mash bill, starting with 100% Jimmy Red corn — a near-extinct heirloom varietal that they propagated with Clemson for nine years to revive ...

Made from Jimmy Red corn, a nearly extinct moonshine grain that has been making a comeback, New Southern Revival Brand Straight Bourbon Whiskey continues to make waves in the beverage world for ...

At the beginning of the 1900s, Jimmy Red corn was pervasive across Appalachia, and it slowly spread east into South Carolina. The corn was used in everything from moonshine to grits due to its ...

Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Florence was targeting Campbell Coxe’s farm. Days earlier, the 2018 storm had rapidly intensified in the Atlantic, and now Darlington County, South ...

Jimmy Red — the heirloom bootleg "whiskey" corn — was almost lost forever, until someone revived it. Now it's thriving and the darling of Southern chefs and distillers.