11/29/2023 0 Comments Applejack festival 2011![]() It comes out clear like moonshine, but we found people don’t associate clear spirits with applejack, so to give it some color, we barrel age it for six weeks in a rum barrel we got from a rum distillery in Rhode Island. Technically it’s more of an apple brandy. “The cheap way, the freeze distill way, is a bit dangerous, because there’s a lot of bad stuff still left in there,” he said. To give it complex flavors, the moonshiner would take his time to “age” the applejack, by letting charred oak chips marinate in a jar of it.īruce Olson, co-owner of Tree Spirits Maine makes an applejack, but emphasizes, not the old-fashioned way. Unfortunately, similar to bathtub gin, the leftover liquid also contained amounts of methanol, ethanol and other impurities, but drinking it in small amounts seemed to be the trick. If a hard cider averages around 5% and apple wine around 10-12%, applejack spiked as high as 30% or 60 proof. Leaving the apple hard cider outside overnight, the moonshiner would then syphon out the ice that accumulated, leaving behind the liquid, which increased the percentage of alcohol. Using nature as an ally after the fall harvest, the moonshiner would “jack” or freeze distill the hard cider (which, technically was actually a concentration, rather than a distillation.) As alcohol freezes at a lower temperature than water, applejack would only be made in the winter. Maine moonshiners irritated by Prohibition (enacted some 70 years before it took hold in the rest of the United States) also decried any form of government interference on a product that they could easily forage from their own orchards and produce with very little equipment at home. With the proliferation of apple trees on the east coast, thanks to what European colonists brought with them, applejack became a Maine pasttime and staple. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg and/or clove.It includes the Taste of AppleJack All Things Apple Contest and the Food Truck Street Fair. SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2022 Taste of Apple-Jack This is our food-themed weekend. And when one didn’t have the fancy still equipment to get “boozy, buzzey and halfway to Concord,” applejack was one of the first and most practical ways of producing a higher concentration of alcohol from freezing fermented cider. Traditional AppleJack Festival Scheduled events include Extreme Bull Riding, Fun Run, Parade, Water Barrel Fights, Vendor Fair, Flea Market, and the Car Show. The Taste of Nebraska City AppleJack Progressive Dinner is back! Sunday, September 24, starting at 4 p.m.Farm-to-flask has been around since the colonial era, when Americans believed that fermented and distilled drinks were a cure-all for pain, illnesses and general fatigue. Download the Rules sheet/ Registration form for the Taste of AppleJack ‘All Things Apple’ Contest. Sunday, September 24, is the Taste of AppleJack ‘All Things Apple’ Contest! The event will be at the Historic Barns at Arbor Day Farm from 11 a.m. Sweet Pickins Vendor Fair at Lourdes - Email to register ![]() Make a weekend out of it and book an overnight stay! River City Classic Car Club Car Show - click here for flyer Makin’ Memories Vendor Fair at Pumpkin Ridge - Call Don at 40 to register Nebraska City Jaycees Creation & Craft Fair at NC Middle School - FULL Water Barrel Fights - download registration form hereĭowntown Flea Market - Call Janice at 40 to registerįood Trucks for Food Courts - Call Katie at 40 to register Parade Registration Form for MARCHING BANDS ONLY on Saturday - WATCH IT LIVE ON FACEBOOK! - download parade registration form here Planning something fun? Download a Schedule of Events form HERE.Įxtreme Bull Riding Tour - find details here See below for details on what’s happening in 2023!ĪppleJack Festival has been named as one of the top 10 Fall Harvest Festivals in America by the USA Today!īe a sponsor! Download a sponsorship form HERE. ![]() We invite you to come anytime this autumn for our 55th AppleJack Festival! It kicks off Friday, September 15, and lasts until the final apple is eaten. We are spreading the celebration out over two weekends during the harvest season, not just on one three-day stretch. Nebraska City’s historic AppleJack Festival annually draws between 60,000 and 80,000 people to Nebraska City to celebrate the apple harvest. Apple pie, apple cider, apple cider donuts, candy apples, caramel apples, apple fritters, apple salad…pretty much anything you can imagine made from apples is available at the AppleJack Festival. ![]()
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