Yes, moonshine is, by definition, illegal. But I think the point of “legal moonshine” is to produce a product that tastes like the illegal stuff. This could, of course, appeal to people who used to drink the illegal stuff, developed a taste for it, or want to relive fond memories of drinking it. It’s not much different than the women who wear imitation schoolgirl uniforms as part of a fetish. Nobody is committing statutory rape because everyone is over 18, but there is a roleplay mystique that someone is not.
I have had póitín and I have had moonshine. After the póitín, my legs didn’t work. 
I spilled the moonshine and it stripped the wax off the floor. :eek: I know which I would rather drink.
Indeed, the WSJ included high-end moonshine on its year-end list of things not to waste one’s money on. My brother-in-law bought a bottle for the lulz, and I tried it. Meh.
The point is to expand the ways to get one’s date drunk faster. Subtlety is not on the agenda, and of course money is no object.
The other day I saw “Junior Johnson” brand moonshine at the liquor store. [rolleyes]
Junior actually owns part of the company and supposedly visits the stills himself every so often.
Probably sugar. Making sugar wine is trivial and the ingredients are readily available.
Could’ve been worse – at least it wasn’t pruno.