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Article: How did New Englanders make applejack?
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2009
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In New England people used to make a strong drink from cider
called applejack, but I heard they didn't do it by distillation, but
by some sort of freezing. How does this work?
Distillation is a common way to make strong alcoholic drinks. The
alcohol evaporates faster than the water and can be captured and
condensed to make a stronger alcoholic beverage. But there is indeed
another route, using ice instead of fire.
If you have a mixture of alcohol and water and it starts to
freeze, you'll get ice on the top. Since water freezes at a higher
temperature than alcohol does, the ice will consist mostly of water.
Similarly, if you put fermented cider out on a cold night and
take the ice off the top ...