[TheForge] The hard cider is good...

[Andrew Vida]

"Authorities" need to mind their own business. :)

Rob Fertner wrote:
> To make applejack out of the hard cider you freeze it. The alcohol part
> doesn't freeze and the water part becomes an icy slush. You filter the slush
> out and you end up with a high alcohol content Applejack. Kind of freeze
> distillation.
> I read this years ago in a book about the old days in Vermont. The author
> made a comment that when the authorities cracked down on the production of
> Applejack, the rate of axe murders went down. :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
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> 
> Well, I guess I am a cheap date because I just drank 2 shots of our hard 
> cider and I am at least mildly in the bag.  Never made it before so 
> wasn't sure what it should taste like.  Once the yeast settles out, it 
> tastes like an apple wine... sorta.  Anyhow, the question is what to do 
> with 15 gallons of it.  And I've got apples for perhaps another 30 
> gallons worth.  What about building a still?
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