Old-fashioned Applejack recipe..sugar city?

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Old-fashioned Applejack recipe..sugar city?

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Sure seems like a lot of brown sugar........but I just started it.........2 gallon pasturized store-bot apple cider. 2 gallon water, 8 pounds dark brown sugar, 1 tsp nutrient, 1 pkg. red star pasteur champagne yeast.
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Id left out the water,, and one LB. suger to the GAL.and some yeast nutrients.
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Even the normal apple pie recipe has too much sugar for me. The fermented version isn't going to carry the flavors over as well though.
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when you ferment "juce" it changes the flavor profile,,when you distilll ,it changes agin,and usly much lighter in flavor.
most of that collord stuff you buy in the store in US is fake. it is flavord after.
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"when you ferment "juce" it changes the flavor profile,,when you distilll ,it changes agin,and usly much lighter in flavor"

damn.....thanks.........."LIVE & LEARN"
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I thought distilling "concentrated" the flavor ---------
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Concetrates the alcho.

Flavor is in the h20.

No water, no flavor.
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So just the opposite. The flavor is in the water.
The flavor is in the water. The flavor is in the water. The flavor is in the water. The flavor is in the water
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THANK,,,,,,,
if you took a grain mash like barley , distilled at say 60% you whould have a single malt W_ _ _ _ _,
now if you distill the same mash off at 95% what do you have? V_ _ _ _,,, little or no taste.
now if you dilute that,, and redistll you less flavor yet,,called a N_ _ _ _ _.the flavor is left behind in the w_ _ _ _.
all from the same mash.
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LWTCS wrote:Concetrates the alcho.

Flavor is in the h20.

No water, no flavor.

Though its not what you meant...I was running off a batch of rum last night. For fun, got my wife to give the sniff and taste test. Then i added abit of water to it and got her to do it again. She couldnt believe that adding WATER somehow made it have real smell and taste.

Not sure why that happens but it is interesting.
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noobsauce wrote:
LWTCS wrote:Concetrates the alcho.

Flavor is in the h20.

No water, no flavor.

Though its not what you meant...I was running off a batch of rum last night. For fun, got my wife to give the sniff and taste test. Then i added abit of water to it and got her to do it again. She couldnt believe that adding WATER somehow made it have real smell and taste.

Not sure why that happens but it is interesting.
Adding water, which contains oxygen, which allows the spirits to breathe and open specific notes that are otherwise masked by the concentrated alcohol... As an example, scotch and water is a more flavorful or odorous drink than scotch on the rocks or neat...
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I'd just ferment the cider and forget about adding sugar or water to it.
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Hack wrote:I'd just ferment the cider and forget about adding sugar or water to it.
I live near all the apples in the world......and I buy cider from the store........Damn.......I will try that next recipe. I just didn't want to drive 1½ hours there. They have the real old fashion apple cider.....can we say "yum?" I want to try the Granny Smiths and maybe Galas and make my own next year. When I ferment just the cider & yeast...will I need to add a pinch of nutrients?
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""will I need to add a pinch of nutrients?""
not absatuty nesasary ,apple will work with out, but it shure wont hert.
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I have an apple jack recipe that's clocking in at 114 proof and uses very little sugar.
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Here is my 5Gal. Apple Jack Recipe

6lbs. Apples pureed
3.5lbs. Sugar
2 Cinnamon sticks
Yeast and yeast nutrient.

The Good: fermented in 4.5 days and used very little sugar, It clocked in at 114 proof mid run.

The Bad: It ran down to 90 proof before I hit tails and the yield was low "1 cup per 1gallon and 1/2 of mash"

I think I'll add more sugar next time and see if we can't get a higher octane product. Feel free to suggest any ideas or modifications.

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