Making Apple Pie Shine

[WhiteLightning]

Had a recipe awhile back for this stuff, but lost it in the great mounds of paperwork!

Wondering if any of ya'll had a write up on which spices work best for makin this southern favorite! Buddy of mine said he had some at a local North Carolina rodeo an can't imagine drinking anything else now!
Input greatly needed!
My base will be a rum at (+/-) 75%

[blanikdog]

Use of the search feature and will reveal 186 (187 counting this one) posts on this very popular drink.

[WhiteLightning]

If i could read i'd probably have found that button! haha

[blanikdog]

I thought that the handle was familiar. I remenber you from years back.

[Kentucky shinner]

he is what I use and its pretty damn good my freind.

APPLE PIE BRANDY.

Heat one gallon of apple juice.

Add 2 cups of sugar

2 tsp of cinnamon oil

Add 2 tablespoons of apple pie spice.

2 Pints of moonshine 90% ABV

Stir until dissolved.
Let this mixture cool down to room temperature and add one
Quart of 70% ABV or higher Moonshine. Put into jars and let set for two weeks.
you may have to filter out the spices that settle on the bottom.

[Dnderhead]

much easier if you use whole spice . if you cant git these use a "tea bag" for ground spice.

[Kentucky shinner]

great idea Dunder I had not thought about the tea bag.... Thanks.

[GreyGambler]

K- Shiner I'm going to try that. I use nearly the same but add 1 gallon of apple cider with the gallon of apple juice taste good but have to add a little more shine

[NO1DLR]

Would apple juice concentrate work alright?

[Dnderhead]

Would apple juice concentrate work alright?

yep. just remember different juice/cider will make a bit different product.
just experiment to see what you like.

[smeag]

Hello, I know there are many apple shine post but I ended up on this one and made the recipe. My question is on the 2 tsp of cinnamon oil. After I was finished with the recipe I had to taste it, wow it was mostly hot cinnamon taste. Will that subside after the 2 week aging? Or should I have used 2 drops not 2 tsp of the oil? The cinnamon oil I used was the type you make candy from.
thanks

[Kentucky shinner]

It will subside a little but not much. Mine is not normally that cinnamon.

[smeag]

Thank you sir for fast reply. I hope that maybe the cin oil was coming to top and not fully dilluted throughout mixture.
Little bit of aging will tell.

[Coon-ass]

much easier if you use whole spice . if you cant git these use a "tea bag" for ground spice.

Doesn't whole spice have star anise in it? The stuff that taste like black licorice??? YUK

[Dnderhead]

whole/ not ground. then it is easier to filter out/remove.
cinnamon sticks, whole /grated nutmeg,,grated ginger or whatever combo you want.
apple pie spice is manly cinnamon and nutmeg, but can have allspice,ginger,cardamon or any combination.
if you use ground, I suggest using a "tea bag" as they can be hard to filter out.