It’s called freeze-distilling.
You may or may not have just broken Federal law...
;-)
You can brew without a license, but distilling, you gotta be licensed!
Which, if you can’t raise nearly $1m, you can’t afford to do.
It’s all about the revenue.
No how did this have more than 20% alcohol by volume. But oh, was it tasty.
While this is not particularly sweet, if I want sweet apple liquor, I prefer Apfelkorn, which is right tasty as a digestif after a big holiday dinner. Yum!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apfelkorn