MrHerbington
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So I made some Applejack a year ago, it has been aging in the fridge since. I am using self toasted Alder chips (sold for smoking originally) with 4 levels of toast from untoasted to heavy, untoasted apple, untoasted Sorbus aucuparia (mountain-ash) and finally some medium toasted american oak. Has mellowed out very nicely. I've been filtering the wood out few times and added another wood to not over age it. Also spent some months without any wood. Month or so per a type of wood, and lesser amounts of heavy toasted alder. So 4 types of different woods
The project began with 8 types of apple juice and one bottle of maple syrup to get as much complexity I can. Brewed with hard cider pack and cider yeast, fermented to dryness, cleared it, froze it and concentrated it until it no longer froze. IDK the alcohol percentage nor do I care but originally I had some 9 liters of the stuff and now I have just a bit over 1 liter. Sweetened it with some more mapple syrup and saved a bit of unsweetened to dial the sweetness, originally I over sweetened it a bit so very helpful decision. Also had multiple times a very fine layer of sediment during fridge aging, and it has gotten very clear and nice eventually.
The project began with 8 types of apple juice and one bottle of maple syrup to get as much complexity I can. Brewed with hard cider pack and cider yeast, fermented to dryness, cleared it, froze it and concentrated it until it no longer froze. IDK the alcohol percentage nor do I care but originally I had some 9 liters of the stuff and now I have just a bit over 1 liter. Sweetened it with some more mapple syrup and saved a bit of unsweetened to dial the sweetness, originally I over sweetened it a bit so very helpful decision. Also had multiple times a very fine layer of sediment during fridge aging, and it has gotten very clear and nice eventually.
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