Applejack (drink)

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Applejack is a type of apple brandy traditionally associated with the American colonial era and is generally considered to be one of the United States' "original" spirits. Applejack was traditionally created via freeze distilling (or "jacking") hard apple cider or apple wine and while homebrewing methods may still involve freeze distillation, modern professional brewers use standard distillation processes. Very popular in the early- to mid-colonial era, the drink's prevalence declined in the 17th- and 18th-centuries amid competition from other alcoholic spirits as they became easier to manufacture. Applejack experienced a revival during the Prohibition era, primarily due to the drink's ease-of-manufacture, but again declined in prevalence after the repeal of Prohibition. It experienced another resurgence in popularity in the mid-2010s and early-2020s. Applejack is generally considered to be a type of brandy and is, in the United States, legally classified as such. Applejack is used in several...

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