Producer
Blue Ridge Bootleg Coffee
Contact: Matt King
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Phone: 844-999-5464
Website: http://blueridgebootleg.com
About Us
Mountains, Moonshine & Music
My grandfather, Fred King and my great grandfather, Benjamin Thomas Wright both made bootleg whiskey in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Distilled behind the city incinerator in Hendersonville, NC, they called it the "White Mule" because it was clear in color and carried a kick. However, it was quite delicious, so you had to be careful when drinking it or you'd wind up crawling out the door on your hands and knees.
POPSKULL LIKKER
Straight up XXX
One Christmas, they noticed that some local restaurants had thrown out citrus that was over ripened (mostly oranges and grapefruit), so they tried it out in their mash recipe. What they wound up with was a deliciously fruity likker (spelled properly in the mountains) with an even higher proof than before. When cooked just right, the undeniable taste and strength of their “popskull” moonshine was truly unrivaled.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Edneyville, North Carolina
Unlike my ancestors, I never got into making moonshine. Instead, I've had a 20-year career as a music recording artist and writer in Nashville, TN.
A house filled with bluegrass and gospel music, coffee and raccoon hunters.
300 BUCKS, A ’79 JEEP WAGONEER
And No Plan B
That’s all I had.
I had come to get a record deal, and I promised the apartment manager I’d have a job by Monday if she’d let me move in on Thursday. “Sure”, she said, “heard that one before.”
I did what I told her and came back 4 years later to thank her for giving me the chance. She said she had a strange suspicion I would get a shot.
6 YEARS LATER
Rube
After I left Atlantic records, I recorded an album that would forever change the course of my musical career. Paul Deakin, Robert Reynolds (of the band The Mavericks), and I started a band called "Limberjack." As I was writing for our project, Jay Joyce and I got together and recorded "Rube" which was a look into the darker side of Appalachian culture.
ONLY THE BEST WILL DO
Why Coffee?
It’s instant gratification in a cup, it’s a writer’s best friend and companion in the wee hours.
It’s always been there when I was on the road and traveling through the night.
I tried coffees all over the world and almost quit music in 2002 to buy a coffee shop.
The timing wasn’t right back then. 20 years later it was. Now I get to roast and write, tour and taste test, and live out my life’s dream.
My grandfather, Fred King and my great grandfather, Benjamin Thomas Wright both made bootleg whiskey in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Distilled behind the city incinerator in Hendersonville, NC, they called it the "White Mule" because it was clear in color and carried a kick. However, it was quite delicious, so you had to be careful when drinking it or you'd wind up crawling out the door on your hands and knees.
POPSKULL LIKKER
Straight up XXX
One Christmas, they noticed that some local restaurants had thrown out citrus that was over ripened (mostly oranges and grapefruit), so they tried it out in their mash recipe. What they wound up with was a deliciously fruity likker (spelled properly in the mountains) with an even higher proof than before. When cooked just right, the undeniable taste and strength of their “popskull” moonshine was truly unrivaled.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Edneyville, North Carolina
Unlike my ancestors, I never got into making moonshine. Instead, I've had a 20-year career as a music recording artist and writer in Nashville, TN.
A house filled with bluegrass and gospel music, coffee and raccoon hunters.
300 BUCKS, A ’79 JEEP WAGONEER
And No Plan B
That’s all I had.
I had come to get a record deal, and I promised the apartment manager I’d have a job by Monday if she’d let me move in on Thursday. “Sure”, she said, “heard that one before.”
I did what I told her and came back 4 years later to thank her for giving me the chance. She said she had a strange suspicion I would get a shot.
6 YEARS LATER
Rube
After I left Atlantic records, I recorded an album that would forever change the course of my musical career. Paul Deakin, Robert Reynolds (of the band The Mavericks), and I started a band called "Limberjack." As I was writing for our project, Jay Joyce and I got together and recorded "Rube" which was a look into the darker side of Appalachian culture.
ONLY THE BEST WILL DO
Why Coffee?
It’s instant gratification in a cup, it’s a writer’s best friend and companion in the wee hours.
It’s always been there when I was on the road and traveling through the night.
I tried coffees all over the world and almost quit music in 2002 to buy a coffee shop.
The timing wasn’t right back then. 20 years later it was. Now I get to roast and write, tour and taste test, and live out my life’s dream.