Finished and going in the freezer
Guaranteed to put hair on a wooden leg. This should be good to go for a friends wedding in a couple weeks 😉
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Here is my version of Apple Pie using Nacho's basic method
The hardest part is waiting for it to age long enough without drinking it. & is why I usually make about 3 gallons, depending on how much fruit my trees will bear, I have 1 qt I will drink before it's time (still has too much sediment) but it still tastes great. it takes an easy 6 months for everything to stop "cooking"/whatever, the sediment to ALL settle to the bottom, be clear like in pic #1, then filtered. I filter thru 2 strainers, each with a coffee filter in it. The sediment doesn't taste bad, & is too far from the heart to kill you. We need to have a tasting one of these days. I figure mine will be done by July, started at thanksgiving. I'd like to make 6 gallons next fall. During the filtering process I suck the coffee filters, NO KIDDING, & catch a buzz.
I ran it thru a paper towel. Had you sucked that and breathed on a match, you would have burned the house down.
This is just a small batch. That would be a ton of work to make a large batch. Lots of peeling
A LOT OF WORK, you can say that again, but it's a labor of love, and you forget about it, and most everything else, when it's done. This is my 4th year? making it & I think I have it right & should write it down. First batch was too strong, second batch didn't taste just right. I started using the fruit juice (separately from the rinds in vodka & simple raw sugar solution & honey, combining later with the rinds/grain alcohol & bingo), this year I added a couple oz's of raw orange blossom honey to the combined mix for smoothness, & it really helps take away any bitterness from the white on the rind you may have missed when peeling and the raw taste of the grain alcohol. My goals were: good taste, strong enough so it won't freeze/ not so strong that it will catch fire. It should end up clear enough to read through, & be able to SIP SLOWLY neat and ENJOY it. When my wife & her girlfriends (not big drinkers) love it, I know I nailed it. I drink it out of the freezer neat, maybe over ice. I haven't tried mixing it with anything as It's good as is, but maybe with club soda or tonic water? Experimenting with it is easy & fun. Hence my motto, ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH OVERDOING. when you're retired, making bullets/booze is a good way to use your time.
