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Applejack
Well, I tried to make it by freezing two gallons.. yick. Awful tasting stuff....but you could tell it will have a hell of a kick... I bottled it and stuck it under the bed (which is where I do my long term cold conditioning.. for some reason it's always freezing cold in my bedroom (even in high summer its cool) I"ll see how it is in about 6 months, but for now, it's nasty bitter stuff.
This is one case where it's probably safer to stick with a "johnny jump up" (as it's known where I'm from) and just dump a shot of high-proof whiskey at the bottom of a pint of woodchuck.
All the talk I hear about poor distillation side effects... yikes.
-R
applejack, true new england applejack, if done correctly is far from the rotgut i hear being discussed.
although illegal because it is technically distillation, to make you repeatedly freeze already fermented cider, or hard cider. don't let the separted water freeze completely, like ice cubes. you want to scrape off the frozen water when it is in the slush stage. then refreeze again and scrape off additional ice slush. repeat until the product no longer freezes. you now have applejack.
you can cease the freeze-and-scrape whenever you desire, depending on how concentrated you want it.
applejack quality depends very heavily on the cider it is made from. the sweeter the better, so the residual taste of apple will be more prominent. it is not somethign you want to make from a traditional english dry cider. it needs to be sweet and very, very apple-like.
of course i have never tried this. it is illegal. i do not break laws. i love my uncle sam.
krausenator wrote:
of course i have never tried this. it is illegal. i do not break laws. i love my uncle sam.
Naturally... we don't do bad things....that would make us badguys 
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