Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 21:59:00 +0100, D wrote:
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:09:48 +0100, D wrote:
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I have a neighbour who does some kind of black currant wine and
apparently, according to my father, it was awful.

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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.
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During prohibition some of my family took a more professional approach
although the final product was applejack rather than cider.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applejack_(drink)

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Never heard of, but sounds similar to Calvados. Would you say it is
similar?

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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.
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Hmm, I wonder if it is difficult to make? My wifes father has about 15 apple trees or so in the country side and gets more apples than he can deal with.