On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:23:39 +0100, bigwheel
> wrote:


>Yall must be from the other side of the mountain. Hard cider gets hard
>by setting apple wine out in the elements during a cold snap..pouring
>off the good stuff that dont freeze itself and giving the snowball that
>is left over to the kids.

That sounds a lot like freeze distillation...

> It also works to place a judicial amount in
>the freezer for a week or two.

Yep, freeze distillation. I've done that with mead but not cider.