![]() But if we are going to put the word "applejack" on a label, we better use the definition spelled out in the CFR in the standards of identity. The regional understandings of what applejack is are very interesting to me, and can tell us a lot about the history of the drink, so please share any other thoughts or experience on this topic. In any case, 'apple jack' doesn't mean the same thing to every audience. I suspect 'jacking' as a verb is a neologism, too. Mid-Atlantic, a synonym for apple brandy (Laird's influence?) and here in the Great Lakes, a lot of 'plain folks' use it to refer to simple fermented cider. In New England, it seems to be the Fractional Crystallization product. PPS: I think 'apple jack' is a term that is adapted regionally. They planted anyway, and the orchards died from an unusual disease the first time they were pruned.) He pointed out that while the pear had one of _the_ best flavors, they should double check why there were only three known trees in the UK. (It reminds me of a story Charles Martell told me about Bulmers planting intensive orchards of the perry pear Hendre Huffcap. Or track down Ben Watson - he likely knows more anecdotes. You can find more discussion in the archives of the Cider Digest. But why not? Economics? Something wrong with the end product? I don't think we know. FC apple jack doesn't seem to have been a commercial product. So I wasn't just spouting the cider version of propaganda that 'justified' the absinthe ban. I haven't run the numbers to compare the degree of concentration. I suppose one could say the same for ice cider, which seems to be well accepted. There's some concern of 'phytotoxins' - at what point do tannins, pigments, vitamins and general biological molecules cross the line from micronutrient to microtoxin? Or heavy alcohols/fusel oils (the only one that comes to mind in cider is butanediol). ![]() And it's not methanol, which comes from pectin breakdown - but not in large amounts. In cidermaking circles, apple jack from fractional crystallization is usually considered 'interesting' - but not recommended for regular consumption. ![]() I was thinking of things with even higher molecular weights than 'fusel oils'. ![]()
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