![]() ![]() If you want to make true Applejack, try the freezing method this winter, starting with apple cider. Pretty neat! But nowadays, Applejack is often made from apple brandy instead of freeze distillation. Kind of similar to evaporative distillation if you think about it, but instead of boiling off the parts you don’t want, you’re freezing off just the water and concentrating everything else. But after the freeze distillation/jacking process throughout in the winter, the concentrated result yielded 3-4 times the alcohol content. So the cider in the fall had maybe a 10% alcohol content before it was frozen. They’d intermittently remove frozen chunks of ice, which would cause the unfrozen alcohol to become more concentrated in the remaining liquid. It actually gets its name from “jacking,” which is another word for “freeze distillation.” What is Applejack?ĭuring Colonial times, people made cider in the fall and then left it out to freeze during the winter. You make Apple Pie Moonshine by evaporative distillation, typically using some kind of moonshine still, but Applejack is made by freeze distillation. I’ve got an awesome recipe for it at the bottom of this blog, but be forewarned: It’s deceptively delicious! You don’t realize how strong it is as you’re drinking-until you stand up.īelieve it or not, Apple Pie Moonshine is NOT the same thing as Applejack AKA “Jersey Lightning” though! The difference is in the process. Applejack (Plus Recipe!)Īpple Pie Moonshine is a great treat to enjoy in late summer/early fall as the hot temperatures start to cool down and the leaves begin to change.
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