1817 ix. 75 Wrangle..drove a lucrative trade in the sale of potatoe whisky, and adulterated New-England rum.
1906 W. Churchill vii. 77 Jonah sold good rum, but now you can't get nothin' in Coniston but hard cider and potato whiskey.
2001 (Nexis) 2 Sept. a3 The pioneering team of British surveyors..were too stewed in potato whisky to see straight.