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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: 5 Dec 2024 00:35:02 GMT
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 21:59:00 +0100, D wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:09:48 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> I have a neighbour who does some kind of black currant wine and
>>> apparently, according to my father, it was awful.
>>
>> I made a batch of dandelion wine when I was a kid. It was pretty rough.
>> We got cider from a local farmer who had rigged up a tractor driven
>> chopper and had a old jackscrew press. Bring your own jugs. Unfiltered
>> and unpasteurized it tended to self ferment into sparkling cider.
>>
>> During prohibition some of my family took a more professional approach
>> although the final product was applejack rather than cider.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applejack_(drink)
> 
> Never heard of, but sounds similar to Calvados. Would you say it is
> similar?

No idea, never having had Calvados. I had commercial applejack years ago 
and iirc it wouldn't be recognized as an apple product in a blind taste 
test.