![]() ![]() I have not been fortunate enough to try these yet. Laird's also makes a 7 1/2 year and a 12 year straight apple brandy. The bonded version is only a few dollars more than the straight version and in my opinion worth the price. This product is 100 proof which is closer to the stronger spirits that were the norm a century ago when the best known Applejack cocktails were being invented. You are getting 100% apple distillate which shows in the aroma and flavor. Instead I highly recommend you use Laird's Bonded Straight Apple Brandy which is not blended with neutral spirits. It is a blended spirit that contains a proportion of neutral spirits so you are not getting a lot of apple character. Their entry level product is just called Applejack. Today Laird & Company is the main producer of Applejack. Applejack has never recovered it's once massive popularity but it's probably not going away since it is a component of some relatively famous classic cocktails. So applejack gained a provincial reputation and as steam distillation matured the freeze distilled variety was relegated to the backwoods. These compounds were not removed as they are in steam distillation. The downside was that the undesirable cogeners and fusel alcohols remained (the stuff that gives you a hangover). This was a simpler process than steam distillation and was referred to as "jacking" (hence Applejack's name). The ice was removed leaving the alcohol in a stronger proportion to the remaining water. Cider left outside during the winter would freeze. Freeze distillation was used to turn cider into a harder alcohol. But cider was heavy to transport and didn't keep all that well. It was hugely popular in Colonial America, so much so that it was used as a form of currency in some of the northern colonies (especially in New Jersey).Īpple cider was ubiquitous during this time because the water was so bad people tended to drink cider instead. You can think of it as a fruit-based brandy made from apples. Applejack is a distilled liquor made from apple cider. ![]()
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