Applejack
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Applejack is a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples, originating from the American colonial period. It is made by concentrating hard cider (as British cider, i.e., fermented alcoholic apple juice, is called in American usage), either by the traditional method of freeze distillation (see fractional freezing), or by true evaporative distillation. The term "applejack" derives from "jacking", a term for freeze distillation.
From the fermented juice, with an alcohol content of less than ten percent, the concentrated result contains thirty to forty percent alcohol, is slightly sweet, and usually tastes and smells of apples.
Freeze distilling can concentrate methanol and fusel alcohols (by-products of fermentation that true distillation separates out) in applejack to unhealthy levels. As a result, many countries prohibit such applejack as a health measure.
Due to the relatively higher cost and lower yield of alcohol produced from fruit fermentation, commercially produced applejack may be composed of apple brandy diluted with grain spirits until the drink reaches the desired alcohol content.
The oldest distillery in America is Scobeyville, New Jersey's Laird & Co.[1], a producer of applejack[2]. Known as "Jersey Lightening", applejack's long history in New Jersey includes once being used as currency to pay road construction crews during the colonial period.
Applejack is also a type of hat, popular in the early 20th century and with Rastafarians. There is also a famous American breakfast cereal known as Apple Jacks.
"Applejack" is also the title of a song written and performed by Dolly Parton. The song first appeared on Parton's 1977 album New Harvest - First Gathering.
Applejack is also the name of a Hasbro My Little Pony. Created in 1983-1984 as an Earth Pony, Applejack is orange with yellow hair and green eyes. Her symbol is a group of red-orange apples with green leaves, and she has white freckles on her cheeks. Applejack and Bow Tie were the first and only adult ponies (in the U.S.) to have those white freckles on their faces. They were also the first two ponies to stand with their heads turned to the side which became a common pose. A slightly different version (same pose) of Applejack was one of a line of ponies made in Italy, as noted on her hoof. Also, sold outside the U.S., there were also different versions of Applejack and Bow Tie with their heads straight in the Collector Ponies' pose. There is also a Baby Applejack and Baby Bow Tie who were not sold in the U.S.
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