Have you heard of it before? Seen someone order it? Had a bartender regale you with its history? If not, allow me. The Applejack Rabbit dates back to the dark days of Prohibition and highlights apple ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Eight Oaks Craft Distillers is keeping alive a Lehigh Valley tradition that dates to the 1700s, with their 80-proof applejack liquor. It all starts with apples grown by Scholl Orchards in Kempton -- a ...

It may come from an apple. But this is not apple juice. "It smells apple-y; it also smells very strong," said correspondent Mo Rocca. "It's 100% proof. So, it's a bit strong," said Lisa Laird Dunn, ...

While the American colonists drank hard cider like their modern-day counterparts swill Pepsi and Coca-Cola, for some, cider’s relatively mild 4 to 6 percent alcohol concentration just wasn’t alcoholic ...