Note: Bessie stored her homebrew in a 60-gallon barrel. One moonshine recipe was for "coondick." Corn, apples, meal, hot water, and the application of heat were basic elements of the brewing process. Coondick is both smooth and potent and can be mixed with cider. Once Jones received a Christmas gift of a very old bottle of whiskey that had been retrieved from the wreck of a sunken ship.