On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:56:43 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

> 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.

I guess you've never had the pleasure of picking an apple from a tree
and biting into it to discover the *best* tasting cider inside. We
had an old & ignored apple orchard on the property where I grew up and
doing that was a Fall treat.

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