New-York tribune., 1901-08-18
REAL JERSEY APPLEJ4CK.
PARTICULARS REGARDING
JERSEY LIGHTNING"


From The Liquor Trade Review.
Although apple brandy is produced in several
states the real pure. Jersey Lightning comes
only from Monmouth County. N j.. where the
same old stills have been continued from
father to son for generations. Whether the
technical secrets thus discovered and handed
down or the care exercised in selecting the ap-
pies and handling the cider through the various
processes is the cause of it is hard TO prove
but certain it is that nowhere has the hne eN-
ceIence of this Old-time tipple reached such per
fectiOn. Urban beverage epicureS Wou'u pay
ridiculous prices Gf they knew Tor the Meet
that is still common in this favored county
among the we'll 10 do rural population INC
was when the farming had not yet sui.ered Ir"h
Southern and Western competition, ana prior 70
the revenue tax, when it was the CUSTOM IN tne
hot days of the harvest, to SEND the men III .He
fields water pail filled with appieJack' 'sa sa
cup floating top. value nowadays ABOUT -
a uaifuL And every farmer who was ahy'"N
would have five 20 ten barrels IN ms cr''dl
maturing these being the product or MS own
apples distilled for him at the nearest StilhooS
Yet many old fellows affirm that IN them d'iy9
there was little or no drunkenness -7'''1iS '-'
much now, anyh CO.. -.
not to have. increased much. its quahty mas Eot
been debased as am one can 'eStHy W'lo . ~ -
the old Monmouth liquor IN company VII ~
usually poor substitute served by so many o.ieI
wis. FIRST class cafes in this city. Inc Moi
n outh man drinks il straight. ana uses IL III
place of rye in mixtures such as cOchtdIl''
iulrTs hiEhhalIs. etc. lie particularly dehsntS
in the sunset. Jersey Sunset. Whlcn Is app
with "A swish of lemon peel and dash OF Al.
l,aStura or top the latter being allowed 10 Hodt
on top for its sunset hue The appieJack mint
iulrp is without doubt a delicious cOncoctloi
In drinking the use Of straw ~ cohsldeItu
Proclamation. The spearmint. fresh from tHe
garden is stuck in literally, so that ones nose
i.. buried in ii ny the act of drinking Then II
is that as the nectar Surgles IN the throat, SiN
ing r-freshment and content. one hears tle
ripping brO0klet the singing of the forest b!iuS;
smells the Will flowers and apple blossoms anu
wishes for nothing but another
An old "TeSidenteT." who knows more ABOUT
appIeiack than "A hen about chickens. says that
the old Monmouth distilIers make only cider cor
aIplrl brandy. " hich eIuivalues the VINE Hade
from the FIRST pressing of grapes Ihe dlStlIIcd
cider is net only the best brandy but the uedI-
.~t To- make. POmaCe Is crushed apples WllHout
the iuIcr expressed thrrrfrOm, cider Is expressed
juirr. cheese is the residue OF the fruit after
tn- Juice has been expressed Now ponace anu
cheese. with water added used by some us
jillrr5 20 make a cheaper appleJdch, just az
viutnerS keep adding water To grape SKINS anu
pressing out more wine" But the Monmouth
applriack is always cider brandy. % Whlch Iatt
its high reputation among ccnnOisseurS IS no
Doubt due
If au- af our mixed drinks sharpS would IN
vent a drink with good Monmouth appleJdck
fo- its basis or introduce one of those here
mentioned il would stand 10 increase his rePu-
tItion and receipts