Apple Brandy

[Frothwizard]

So after a failed attempt at apple cider, which I've written about previously, I managed to scrounge 14.5L of ~ 6% "cider" and put it through the pot.

Well I gotta say, normally foreshots are funky...but as it started dripping out, it smelt and tasted so fucking nice...it was all I could do to not collect it with the rest.

Knowing full well that I wouldn't have enough or the inclination to ever do a strip/spirit run later on. I was just getting the best I could tell and collecting a 1 run test.

So after about 100ml of fores I gathered roughly 1.5L of 45% (I didn't measure but I collected it in a 2L jar). Stopped collecting at 35% because I didn't want to go too deep into tails and I wanted an overall ABV above 40%. Let tails run out.

Gave the jar a good shake and poured myself a shot glass.

:text-thankyoublue: to everyone who told me not to throw it out and to put it through the still. It tastes so good!!!

Probably gonna have a few more glasses of the white stuff then shove some toasted oak in there and let it mellow.

Cheers lads!

[Sam.]

Thats an awesome result mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

If it's good out the still imagine how well it would be after a couple of months on oak :dance: