Why do moonshine jugs on cartoons always have XXX on them?

so you know its monnshine? It could be copyright infringement if they gave it a name of one that’s real.

From Wikipedia: “Moonshine is often portrayed in the media in a clay jug marked only with XXX. Supposedly, the moonshiner would inscribe a single X on the jug each time the mixture passed through a still. This image of a jug or bottle marked XXX is used in comic strips and cartoons to depict an intoxicating beverage.”

Same wiki link as blue Drinky Crow is often shown drinking from one of these stereotypical jugs!

In my opinion, to mock straight edgers in the future. Straight edge sucks!

bluemukaku is right again folks. The shiners would inscribe one x for everytime the shine was ran through the still, and each time it was filtered, it left behind whatever yeast residue was left behind before. The more filtering, the stronger the shine, and the more x’s you have.