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Chapter 6: Apple and Fruit Brandy (Spirits) Flashcards

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Region of production for Calvados

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Normandy (‘Normandie’)

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Four categories of apples used in Calvados

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  • Acidic/sour * Bitter * Sweet * Bittersweet
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Typical blend of apple categories used for Calvados

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  • 10% acidic/sour * 20% bitter * 50% bittersweet * 20% sweet
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Main contributions (to brandy/spirits) of the four categories of apples

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  • Acidic/sour: acidification & stabilization * Bitter: tannin, fix aromas * Bittersweet: tannin & sugar for fermentation * Sweet: sugar for fermentation
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Three AOCs for Calvados

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  • Calvados AOC * Calvados Pays d’Auge AOC * Calvados Domfrontais AOC
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Large oak barrels often used to age Calvados

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Foudres (250 to 2,500 gallons/950 to 9,500 liters)

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Distillation/aging requirements for Calvados AOC

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  • May be pot or column distilled * Min. 2 years oak aging
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Base ingredient requirements for Calvados Pays d’Auge AOC

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Apples are dominant; may contain a maximum of 30% pear cider

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Distillation/aging requirements for Calvados Pays d’Auge AOC

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  • Must be distilled twice in an alembic pot still * Min. 2 years oak aging
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Base ingredient requirements for Calvados Domfrontais AOC

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Must contain a minimum of 30% pear cider

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Distillation/aging requirements for Calvados Domfrontais AOC

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Must be distilled in a continuous reflux column still, Min. 3 years oak aging

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Calvados produced using original agricultural methods

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Calvados Fermier (Produit Fermier)

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Spirit made in Normandy from unfermented apple juice and 1-year-old Calvados

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Pommeau/Pommeau de Normandie AOC

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Synonym for US apple brandy

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Applejack

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Traditional (historical) method of production for Applejack

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Freeze distillation (“jacking”)

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The holder of US distillery License #1

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Laird’s Distillery (originally of Scobeyville, New Jersey)

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Products of Laird’s Distillery

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  • Applejack * Blended Applejack * Old Apple Brandy * Laird’s Bottled-in-Bond * Straight Apple Brandy
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US definition of “Blended Applejack”

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Min. 20% apple brandy (applejack) that has been stored in oak for a minimum of 2 years, blended with no more than 80% neutral spirits

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Ingredients in a Jack Rose Cocktail

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  • Applejack * Lemon Juice * Grenadine
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Variety of pear most often used in eau-de-vie-de-poire

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Williams Bon-Chrétien (known in the US as Bartlett pears)

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Names used for pear eau-de-vie with the “pear inside the bottle”

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Le Captive (produced by France’s Boisset family), Poire Prisonnière

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Clear cherry brandy (spirit) as produced in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace

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Kirsch, Kirschwasser

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Chemical that is released when cherries are fermented “complete” (with the seeds)

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hydrocyanic acid (provides an almond- or marzipan-like aroma)

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Hungarian Apricot Brandy (also allowed to be produced in parts of Austria)

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Barack Pálinka

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Apricot brandy (spirit) produced in the Wachau region of Austria

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Marillenschnaps (aka Marillenbrand or Marillen Apricot Eau-de-Vie)

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Plum brandy, as produced throughout Eastern Europe

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French plum brandy produced from yellow plums

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Black plum brandy produced in Alsace

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Plum brandy produced in Switzerland

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Pflümli (or Plum-Eau-de-Vie)

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French raspberry eau-de-vie

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French strawberry eau-de-vie

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EU mixed-fruit spirit (brandy)

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Obstler (Obstbrand)

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EU spirit produced by macerating soft fruit in neutral spirits (followed by distillation)

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German PGI spirit produced with fresh raspberries and neutral spirits

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  • Schwarzwälder Himbeergeist

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