Louis at the end of the 19 th century and continued to bartend in that city.

Bullock was a one-time bartender in Louisville’s Pendennis Club and is often credited with creating their version of the Old Fashioned Cocktail. These cocktail recipes come from the book “ The Ideal Bartender” by Tom Bullock, printed in 1917. The industry is slowly coming back, but unlike whiskey where grain can be harvested the same year it is planted, it takes several years for trees to provide enough fruit to make cider for distillation.

Cider apples are tart and rarely make good eating apples and many of these trees were lost, cider and brandy making became more and more difficult. World War Two also caused many varieties of apple to become lost as the government encouraged the growth of only certain varieties made for eating. Prohibition closed down these small distilleries and farm distilleries were too small to be profitable to restart after repeal. These distilleries were small distilleries owned by the person who owned the orchard or was supplied with fruit by neighbors. Kentucky and Indiana had a thriving apple brandy industry at that time. In fact, fruit brandy would cost more than whiskey by the drink at your local tavern or saloon. In any case, apple brandy can be used to make these cocktails.īefore Prohibition, apple and other fruit brandies were very popular in the United States. Others say it is just another term for apple brandy. Another definition is that it is apple brandy aged in used whiskey barrels. It is also defined as unaged apple brandy in some sources. When the water freezes, only the alcohol remains liquid and you pour that off to become applejack. One source says apple jack is made by freeze distillation – the process of taking hard apple cider and sitting it outside on a sub-freezing night. I have read or heard several different definitions. Served on the rocks for 'sippers.The term “applejack” is hard to define. For one I used the 2 T of maple syrup, and for the other I used 1T maple syrup and 1 T apple cider, and they were both winners. It's a GO! Tried one with nutmeg and one with pumpkin pie spice and both were great. I 'test drove' this recipe today today to preview it for Thanksgiving. I'd love to just have these ready as guests arrive. Hey, can you give advice on mixing a batch/pitcher of these? Because nothing says 'make ahead' more than Thanksgiving. Very nice combination of a little sweet and a little tart. This is now part of our cocktail repertoire!ĭammmmmmn this is delicious! Strain your citrus for a cleaner sip. I have also made this with bourbon when we ran out of applejack (!!) and it’s just as good. I agree with another reviewer that it is good to strain the citrus juice. I love the thought of 'test driving' a recipe. This is now a go-to fall cocktail in my house after serving it to family last Thanksgiving. I made this last year after seeing it in the fall issue. Now I just need a coupe glass to enjoy it even more. My fiance and I enjoyed this during our Quarantine Thanksgiving for 2 this year! Really great drink! Tart and well balanced with a nice punch, it's perfect for the fall season. The bottle was drained in less than an hour. I brought this drink to a Thanksgiving dinner in 2019 (pre-COVID times) and my wife told me that we would be the only ones drinking it. Great fall cocktail-I left out the maple syrup as I prefer my cocktails not so sweet :) I just got into mixing drinks and this was my first time using a shaker. Always impresses dinner guests, so good with bourbon barrel maple

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