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RE: To The Apple Orchard We Go Because It's Apple Harvest Time in Canada

in #homesteading7 years ago

Good for you with your selection of cruciferous vegetables! Kale is great in a salad. I normally blend it into a smoothie every day. Cider. I can make cider with apples. ;) Coconut Cream Pie shots sound delicious! Did someone make it or can you buy it already made?

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Down in the South, we make our own liquor and come up with different flavors ourselves. Moonshine is a HUGE tradition down here! The moonshine I was talking about was homemade. Most of the time to make a flavored brandy, you infuse the alcohol with fruit during the distillation process, unlike where you can pickle the fruit in the shine post distillation. I tried to get the recipe from the ol' cat but he wouldn't give in. I may or may not have a few jars of a variety of different shines in my freezer. Everything from Devil's Water pure White Lightning to strawberry brandy :)

This is very cool. Do you own a hydrometer for measuring alcohol content?
We had to buy a special one that will go up to 200%, if I'm not mistaken.
You need over 90% to extract essential oils. I am likely going to try a few different non-wheat mashes...I was thinking I may use non-gmo potato or corn if I can get my hands on it.