What is Applejack?
Applejack is characterized by a sweet alcoholic beverage made of apples. The drink was originally derived from Apple Brandy - perhaps from the French version, called Calvados. In modern times, however, the drink is basically distilled or concentrated hard cider. It is assumed that this distilled drink has been consumed since at least the 17th century, although it was not commercially produced and distributed until 1780. The commercially produced Applejack is often produced by the dilution of apple brandy with cereal alcohol.
This can be done in several different ways. The most popular methods would be distillation of freezing - more precisely dubbed fractional freezing or fractional crystallization - or evaporation distillation. During the evaporation distillation there are different components of Applejacku - juices, water and air - separated from each other. To make it clear, the distillation method is the process of separation rather than the chemical process. However, distillation of freezing is a traditional colonial method of production of apple alcoholic beverage and therefore known as the preferred method.During this process, the modern United States is primarily produced by Laird & Company, a distillery based in New Jersey. William Laird - said to be a previous producer Scotch - to start a drink for personal use in 1698 due to the amount of apple trees in this area. While the first actual records of Apple Laird's Family Product Product Production Date to 1780, distilled drinks were made throughout the 17th century by the family William Laira.
Today, Laird & Company has been the oldest operating distillery in the USA for centuries, was in business and was the first to work as Colts Neck Inn. Inn sold travelers and local alcohol residents and Applejack Inndo soldiers were also delivered during the Revolutionary War. Business overcame the fire that burned the distillery to the ground in 1849, and when it reopened throughout the city in 1851, the drink began to be commercially produced.
during z zThe Laird distillery was forced to switch the gear and survive by the production of apple juices and apple sauces. Illegal distillery still produced bootlegged Copycat version of the drink all the time. Finally, during the ban, Laird & Company received permission to sell hard cider for healing purposes. After the ban, Laird & Company bought illegal distillers to produce Applejack as a high quality and great product. In the 90s of the 20th century, the company claimed to produce approximately 95 percent of Applejack sold on the US market.