What does moonshine taste like?

We went to Rick’s company Christmas party in KC. After the official party, 4 of us went to his coworker’s hotel room and talked and drank a little more.
His coworker showed me a jar, said it was moonshine. He asked if I wanted some, I said “Sure.”
It tasted exactly like apple cider! Went down that easy, too! I said, “This isn’t moonshine! It’s apple cider!”
He swore that it was, like, 98% alcohol.
I thought, “No way,” but I finished off what he gave me, which was a small, white, foam cup full.
But….I don’t remember much after that! Rick said I was fine. I left before he did, and got back to our room on the floor above. I even got up to let him in, when he knocked on the door an hour later because he’d only gotten one room key.

Could it have been moonshine?