But distilleries that make high-proof spirits remain heavily regulated at both the federal and state level. With every freeze, the water in the cider crystallizes into slushy ice. Each time the ice is skimmed off, the focus of alcohol grows, till what’s left within the barrel reaches about forty proof. That clear spirit is applejack…
Applejack has come a great distance from the illicit house brew that – like most moonshine – regularly contained hazardous compounds, like methanol and acetone, that can trigger blindness, renal failure and different permanent harm. Chris Montana of Du Nord Spirits, in Minneapolis, mentioned the pandemic poses an existential menace to craft distilleries throughout the…
W. Harper, Old Charter, and Cascade (George A. Dickel) brand names had been bought by Schenley within the late Nineteen Thirties, and Schenley itself was later acquired by United Distillers. The famed Carry Nation was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and her antics had been recorded by Oscar Getz in his guide,…