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Applejack is a strong alcoholic drink produced from apples. Popular in the American colonial era, the drink's prevalence declined in the 19th and 20th centuries amid competition from other spirits. [1] [2] [3] Applejack is used in several cocktails, including the Jack Rose. [1] It is a type of fruit brandy.
Captain Applejack is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Carewe. [1] [2] The film was based on a 1921 play of the same name, starring Wallace Eddinger and written by Walter C. Hackett.
We break down what sets these apple-based spirits apart and the bottles to try.
Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically consumed as an after-dinner digestif. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks.
A Jack Rose is a cocktail containing applejack, grenadine, and lemon or lime juice.It was popular in the 1920s and 1930s, notably appearing in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 classic, The Sun Also Rises, in which Jake Barnes, the narrator, drinks a Jack Rose in the bar of the Hôtel de Crillon while awaiting the arrival of Lady Brett Ashley.
Fruit brandy (or fruit spirit) [1] is a distilled beverage produced from mash, juice, wine or residues of edible fruits. The term covers a broad class of spirits produced across the world, and typically excludes beverages made from grapes , which are referred to as plain brandy (when made from distillation from wine ) or pomace brandy (when ...
In the 1979 BBC TV spy thriller series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Alec Guinness's character (George Smiley) asks for a brandy and ginger ale in episode six. In the 1983 British TV series Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime based on Christie's Tommy and Tuppence mysteries, in the episode "The Crackler", Tuppence is particularly eager to try a ...
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