Applejack (drink)
Applejack is a strong
Applejack is used in several
.History
Apple brandy was first produced in
Once popular in early America, applejack declined in popularity due to the rise of other spirits that were easier to manufacture on a commercial basis, including rum and whiskey (especially bourbon) in the 19th century and gin, vodka, and tequila in the 20th century.
Applejack has been associated with four
In the 2010s, a number of smaller craft distilleries began to produce applejack in places such as New Hampshire,[7] Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley,[8] New York's Hudson Valley,[9] Holland, Michigan,[10] and most famously in Toronto[11] at Nickel 9 Distillery.
Production
The name applejack derives from the traditional method of producing the drink,
The disadvantage of freeze distillation, also called fractional crystallization, is that the substances remaining after the removal of the water include not only ethanol, but also harmful methanol, esters, aldehydes, and fusel alcohols.[13] In modern times, reducing methanol with the absorption of a molecular sieve is a practical method for production.[14]
When commercial production began, applejack was also starting to be produced through evaporative distillation.[15] Modern commercially produced applejack is often no longer produced by jacking but rather by blending apple brandy and neutral grain spirits.[5][2][3]
Comparison to calvados
Applejack is somewhat similar to
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-38048-8.
- ^ ISBN 1-62157-383-4): Perhaps the most interesting option is applejack, the first distilled liquor native to North America and a great favorite among the colonists. [Now] usually a blend of apple brandy and neutral spirits that retains the flavor of the apples[.]
- ^ ISBN 0-87451-148-8)
- ^ a b c d Karen Tina Harrison, Jersey Lightning, New Jersey Monthly, July 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Ralph Ginzburg, Harvest Is In at Centuries-Old Distillery, New York Times (October 26, 1986).
- ^ Joseph D'Agnese, In Search Of ...; Not Your Toddler's Apple Cider, New York Times (June 11, 2000).
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- ^ Kurt Bresswein, How it's made: Apples to applejack in the Lehigh Valley, lehighvalleylive.com (November 2016).
- ^ Kara Newman, Are People Taking Applejack Seriously Now? Johnny Appleseed goes craft, Bloomberg News (February 4, 2016).
- ^ Garret Ellison, Applejack is back: Coppercraft Distillery goes to market with historic American spirit, MLive.com (September 30, 2014)
- ^ Jacky Apple Jack
- ISBN 1-60342-839-9)
- ^ Matthew B. Rowley, Moonshine! (Lark Books, 2007), p. 141.
- ^ Hui-Ling Ma; Xiu-Ping Yang; Ying Zuo (15 April 2006). "Study on Method of Decreasing Methanol in Apple Pomace Spirit". Food Science. 27 (4): 138–142.
- ISBN 1-4833-3108-3): The evaporative technique was used when commercial applejack production began.
- ^ Eric Asimov, An Apple Orchard in a Glass, New York Times (December 8, 2004).