apple jack

[billthewoodguy]

anyone ever heard of a distillery in New Jersey called; I think its apple jack; although that may be their product not the name.

The mind is a terrible thing to loose!!!!

Bill

[mozilla]

Surething Bill,

It's Laird! They make a number of products that have been reviewed many times, here.

I have had the basic AppleJack, which is nice, but not too fat or sassy. They use a large amount of GNS when they blend it together. They make some Bonded products which I would like to try, though I have not pulled the trigger yet.

[BourbonJoe]

I remember Laird's Applejack. When I was about 21 years old I got drunk (and sick) on that stuff. Haven't tried it since.

Joe :usflag:

[swampguy]

Quite tasty stuff. The French stuff is call calvados. Laird also makes a 12 yr old that is excellent. There is another from Oregon but I can't remember the name, something or other Creek, I think.

[CorvallisCracker]

Quite tasty stuff. The French stuff is call calvados. Laird also makes a 12 yr old that is excellent.

Does the 12yo have GNS in it? The regular bottling does, which means it's not really equivalent to Calvados.

There is another from Oregon but I can't remember the name, something or other Creek, I think.

Clear Creek.

They make two grades, a 2yo (about $25 for a 750ml) and a 8yo (about $40). The 2yo is very fruity, a refreshing sip when chilled, and also works well in the kitchen (my wife keeps a 375ml for this purpose). The 8yo is as good as any XO Calvados.

[scratchline]

IIRC, only the 80 proof contains GNS. The 100 proof bonded and the 12 are all apple brandy.

-Mike

[billthewoodguy]

wow, great info! thanks. Now the search begins; cause I've not seen that on any shelf around here. I grew up in jersey but before turning twenty one I went in the military. Funny though I had never heard of the laird distillery until the other day a potential customer was talking about his job driving a truck to a distillery in New Jersey.

He also mentioned something about Bartons juice going into a certain red wax dipped and dripped bottle!

Bill

[mozilla]

He also mentioned something about Bartons juice going into a certain red wax dipped and dripped bottle!

Bill

Say What?

I knew they did contract distilling....and they stored bourbon at SW, but I did not know they contracted wheat bourbon for MM. Is it the barrels that are at SW?

[billthewoodguy]

Jeff,

this is what I heard from a fellow that drove a tanker truck from and to several distilleries. I probably should not have said anything because this is not my area of expertise and I could easily have got it wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is what he said.

Bill

[mozilla]

Is there a time frame on this info? Like in the 70's or something.....? So, was he delivering from Barton to MM or other? Thanks for the info.

[billthewoodguy]

Jeff,

I will probably see him again next week and will probe for more info.

Bill

[fitzharry]

Laird's apple brandies have been favorites of mine for a few years now. The Clear Creek products are also fine, but my taste tends to run to the Laird's products because of the history of the company, the BIB version (thank the stars for that!) and the fact that Laird's gets many of its apples from my home state of West By God Virginia.

I first had the blended applejack (with the grain neutral spirit) back in the early nineties and found the idea of it rather appealing. Some years later I discovered the BIB brandy and now have rather a large amount bunkered. Just this year I was able to get my hands on the 80 proof 7 1/2 year old apple brandy and then the 88 proof 12 year old, and both are fantastic pours.

Just to illustrate how many apples it takes to make this product, each bottle of the the blended applejack contains 6 pounds of apples, each bottle of the 7 1/2 year old brandy contains 16 pounds of apples, each bottle of the BIB brandy contains 20 pounds of apples, and each bottle of the 12 year old contains 30 pounds of apples!

Additionally, Laird's brandies have no additives at all: no caramel, and even the yeast is naturally-occurring on the skins of the apples. Of course, the blended applejack does have GNS, but that's all.

Many folks have compared our American apple brandy to the famous French calvados and usually the American product comes up wanting, in their opinions. However, if they would understand that it's not an imitation of the French brandy at all, but an American brandy made for American tastes, then it stands on its own pretty well.

[cowdery]

...He also mentioned something about Bartons juice going into a certain red wax dipped and dripped bottle!

Sounds like somebody shooting his mouth off. Don't believe it. I don't.

[billthewoodguy]

Chuck,

I shouldnt have posted that "heresay", next time I will get my facts confirmed.

Bill