[Einherjar]

My Dad passed a couple of years ago, took his secret recipe for home made applejack with him. My brother and i have tried unsucessfully to make it.

Involves fermenting and freezing , skimming off that which freezes from the top of the barrel.

another lost art.

[capydick]

Just a suggestion but, if you havent already, try Lairds Applejack - they are the country's first commercial distillery (despite what Jack Daniels and Jim Beam say) and remain the country's last commercial distiller of Applejack. Now that fall is upon us, it is great with warm cider, club soda or, straight up on the rocks.

[cizinec]

My Dad passed a couple of years ago, took his secret recipe for home made applejack with him. My brother and i have tried unsucessfully to make it.

Involves fermenting and freezing , skimming off that which freezes from the top of the barrel.

another lost art. Making applejack at home is a felony. The BATFE considers it the concentration of alcohol and is distillation. The art is lost thanks to our inability to change our own laws.

[freeandfreezing]

My Dad passed a couple of years ago, took his secret recipe for home made applejack with him.

I have met several old farmers who made quite a bit of applejack, but didn't want to talk about it - no doubt due to their experiences during prohibition.

Some traditional farmers let the barrels slowly freeze in a barn cellar or other suitable location, and then either removed the ice crystals, or just waited until enough of the water had frozen to improve the "flavor". Then a hole was drilled through the ice to drain the applejack.