Monthly Archives: October 2010

— No. 47 —

Applejack

Apple­jack was the first native­ly dis­tilled spir­it in the Unit­ed States, or what was the colonies at the time. Believe it or not, in New Jer­sey, apple­jack was used as cur­ren­cy to pay road con­struc­tion crews dur­ing the colo­nial peri­od. There used to be a num­ber of dis­til­leries in New Jer­sey and  Penn­syl­va­nia up until the 1930s, but now there’s only one, Laird & Com­pa­ny. William Laird made his first batch of apple­jack in 1698 and the recipe was shared …

— No. 46 —

Death’s Door Gin

The hand­craft­ed gin by Death’s Door Spir­its won Wine & Spir­its Best Spir­it award in 2009, so yeah, there’s that. It may have won this award because it’s made from a spe­cial win­ter wheat that only grows on Wash­ing­ton Island, Wis­con­sin. This sus­tain­ably grown red wheat is har­vest­ed in a pris­tine mar­itime envi­ron­ment. The gin is a three botan­i­cal blend of organ­ic juniper, corian­der and fen­nel. The tast­ing expe­ri­ence begins with a bright juniper bou­quet fol­lowed by a mild mid­dle …