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I had some shine a while back and it had a slight apple flavor to it. How would you get such a flover? Can you throw some apples in the boil or would you have to ferment them in the mash? Any suggestions???
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there are numerous recipes for apple- do a search(apple pie ) from soaking apples in shin to apple juice

This is one way to make some great apple shine.

Score some apples... crush them up and press them to collect as much of the juice as you can. A cider press or wine press works well. You could ferment on the pulp, but I think its probably better to get the juice without the seeds and stems and skins. When its all done fermenting and everything settles put it in a still and run it hot and fast. If you have a keg boiler still like many here, do 2 or 3 ferments and single runs. When you have a couple or three gallons of the clear low wines, but them back in the boiler with a little of the wine. Run this one slow. take the hearts out of the middle and dilute to taste. You can cut it with clear apple cider and have 80 proof apple juice. Add some oak... somewhere I heard about taking a piece of a barrel mill oak spiral thats been soaking in cabernet, rinsing it off and adding a little oak flavor is good...
When you do that, be sure to hide some bottles from yourself and forget 'em. It'll be a nice day when you find one.... Blanik knows....

Amazing what one can find when the memory starts to pack up.

"Where DID I hide that really nice plum brandy??????"

blanik