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 ...

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 ...

How Jimmy Red Corn Almost Disappeared When High Wire Distilling set out to make bourbon with Jimmy Red corn, there were fewer than a thousand pounds of it left in the world. Not a warehouse full.

Jimmy Red corn was already making waves in the culinary world when they opened our doors in 2013. Named for James Island just over the bridge from Charleston, SC, Jimmy Red was a legendary ...

Bedford County, PA (WJAC) — A variety of corn long thought to be extinct is now growing in Bedford County. Experts say this type of corn was used by bootleggers during prohibition in the 1930's ...

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 ...