Denali n DOO said:
Guess I don't read so good the day after Jäger. I thought you meant I was a puke face with Jäger shots. Sorry! Tell me more about this "apple pie in a mason jar" I keep reading about. It sure sounds interesting??? I have some empty jars...
Easiest thing in the world to make. Let me preface it by saying that moonshine is a neutral grain alcohol and vodka is a neutral grain alcohol. Moonshine is, in reality, homemade vodka.
1gl 100% apple juice
1gl apple cider
2-3 cups brown sugar (3 is rather sweet)
6 sticks cinnamon
3 750ml bottles 151 vodka (we can't get 190 in Ohio, if you use 190, just use 2 bottles)
Combine everything but the vodka in a large pot, stir to dissolve the sugar and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour.
After 1 hour of simmering, take off the heat, remove the cinnamon sticks and allow to cool to room temperature. (This will take 6+ hours) Strain through doubled over cheese cloth (to get all the gunk from the cider out), clean the pot and put in the vodka. Pour the juice mixture in the pot (I do it this way so I don't have to mix it again) and decant into quart sized mason jars.
This version will give you an Alc/Vol of about 17%...which is plenty.