Johnny Appleseed: American Weirdo

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@TastingHistory 2 жыл бұрын

CORRECTION: I misspoke; it was his sister who John left his land to. He did not have a daughter. I'll drown my mistake in some Laird's Old Apple Brandy: bit.ly/ShopDrinkingHistory

@StabbyJoe135 2 жыл бұрын

I love your shirt. It looks phenomenal on you. Great fashion sense as well as good humour, good looks and great videos. Keep it up!

@michelguevara151 2 жыл бұрын

calvados

@MrFrankd1962 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Fitchburg (next city over from Leominster). I saw the best way to pronounce the name on Family Feud. The cue card had written on it Lemon stir. :) I might try this one when it gets colder around here.

@cupoftweee 2 жыл бұрын

ty for owning up to this egregious offense against central MA

@Blindeyes1431 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Leominster MA! We pronounce it "Lemon stir". I'd say a little less than half of us have Boston accents, we have a lot of mixed diversity here so minorities/Irish descent don't usually have that Bostonian in them.

@underdogjourney203 2 жыл бұрын

Few people know this, but the LAST living tree planted by Johnny Appleseed is still hanging on by a thread in Mansfield, Ohio. A few years ago, I was allowed to take a cutting and transplant it at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus. He was a remarkable man and I HIGHLY encourage everyone to learn more about his life!

@Trund27 2 жыл бұрын

How wonderful you were able to take a cutting!!! I hope it thrives 🍎🌳

@underdogjourney203 2 жыл бұрын

@@Trund27 Thanks! Yes, it’s still growing strong at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, OH! 🍎

@natashapowell9445 2 жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope that cutting is growing strong!

@MiniCerberus991 2 жыл бұрын

wait is that why Mansfield and Ontario spent so much time teaching us about Johnny Appleseed?

@MaxOakland 2 жыл бұрын

Woah cool! How is your tree doing?

@Over9000Unicorns 2 жыл бұрын

His Swedenborgian faith was also one of the reasons he didn't graft apple trees, he believed it hurt the trees. It's also a lot cheaper to carry around a sack of apple seeds than a bunch of grafted saplings!

@rcrawford42 2 жыл бұрын

They considered grafting a violation of God's nature. Today they'd be marching against GMOs and eating "organic".

@cam4636 2 жыл бұрын

@@rcrawford42 You may want to stretch before you reach like that

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes 2 жыл бұрын

@@cam4636 I mean being against spreading cultivars via grafting for religious purposes is directly comparable in a way a lot of comparisons like this aren’t.

@jamescheddar4896 2 жыл бұрын

@@rcrawford42 the human race is a violation of "god's nature" if you look at the surface of the planet from space cities look like planet cancer

@jasonsilverman3125 2 жыл бұрын

@@rcrawford42 The Swedenborgians still exist.

@BobHoss4 2 жыл бұрын

My ancestors knew John! He used to sleep in thier barn when he would pass thru Indiana! Aparently he was delightfully nutty, very earnest, always helped out where he could. But they made him sleep in the barn because of his lice 😬 Regardless, grandpapy Hossinger left in his will that his kids had to plant flowering crab apple trees in the yards of their future homes in his honor. So at least we can say he left a good impression. He’s kind of the quintessential american wierdo, y’know?

@GiraffeFlavoredCondoms Жыл бұрын

That's super cool. Do you/your family uphold that tradition? I'm from Northeast Ohio and there are loads of apple/crabapple trees, had several in my old yard. Rural area. Makes me wonder if any of them were descendants of his trees 🤔 Probably not planted himself though.. Probably.

@tobygathergood4990 2 жыл бұрын

In Norfolk in the UK, at least in some areas, apple brandy is called "Scumble". My grandfather used to make it with a farmer friend of his in a barn. The vat in which it was made was about 15' across and 4' deep. It was filled with crushed windfall apples, sugar was added, then it was left to ferment naturally. The result was then distilled, resulting in approximately 1,000 gallons imperial of 100% apple flavored alcohol. The mash was then fed to pigs which resulted in some very superior pork.

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

naturally apple flavored bacon. genius

@DaveTex2375 2 жыл бұрын

And those pigs were obviously in a great mood afterwards.

@lukeskywalker1702 2 жыл бұрын

The finished product of both sounds amazing

@samc2 2 жыл бұрын

would it not intoxicate the pigs? Got to be honest I don't really understand how the whole making alcohol thing works

@tobygathergood4990 2 жыл бұрын

@@samc2 Yup. The pigs can get pretty drunk on old mash. Alcohol is the product of yeasts eating sugars. The Fruit or grain is used is to influence the flavor of the alcohol and it's where the sugars come from for the yeasts to eat. There is a rough formula for the amount of sugar to yeast but back in the day it was quite often wild yeasts spores in the air that started the fermentation cycle. If the cycle looked like it was going to peter out , That could be from any natural sweet source...honey, fruit sugars or refined sugar, or depending on the reason either sugar was added or more yeast was added. If the the mash looked like it was over working and the fermentation was too aggressive, some thing could be added to give the yeast something to work on other than the mash. One could at meat to the the vat, but that would have been expensive. SO Grandad used to catch and kill rats and throw them in the mash. Yes, he'd skin them, gut them and clean them up first. Some say that this is an old wives tale and that, that sort of thing was never done. I know that it was becasue I saw it done.

@neccosan 2 жыл бұрын

"Add boiling water and nutmeg" *Townsends busts down the door*

@cosmicbrambleclawv2 2 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking the same thing 😂

@greenteafinch9833 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@perciusmandate 2 жыл бұрын

The reason applejack was such an "evil" spirit probably had something to do with the "jacking" or freeze distilling process by which it was made at the time. Unlike hot distillation, freeze distilling takes off water first and leaves behind all the unsavory toxic compounds that get cut out of modern distilled spirits. So, while applejack was quite popular in early America, especially among the lower classes, it had a nasty habit of making one go blind and mad if one partook of too much. I believe that's where the blowing up the town and reciting poetry bit came from. And yeah, modern hot distilled apple brandy is basically the same thing as classic applejack without all the "making you go blind and mad".

@R4g1ngM0nkey 2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. The term "apple palsy" was also coined in reference to the particularly horrific hangovers people had from consuming too much apple jack

@lisakilmer2667 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, interesting. Never knew freeze distillation was a thing.

@styrax7280 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. We use the same technique in Germany to brew Eisbock, a stronger beer

@horacegentleman3296 2 жыл бұрын

What's the point if it doesn't make you stark raving mad and blind as justice?

@gunlovingliberal1706 2 жыл бұрын

The reason it made people blind and mad was that freezing only removes the water. It leaves behind methanol and other poisonous substances. Evaporative distillation can separate the ethanol from the other chemicals, if done correctly. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/na2FmJVht8C-m5c.html

@TakeWalker 2 жыл бұрын

"American Weirdos" would be a great name for a book about people like this. :) It's just got such an inspiring ring to it.

@reklin 2 жыл бұрын

I'd read that. Especially if it included Emperor Norton.

@ericakusske3321 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely read that.

@childoferna 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a descendant of John Chapman's sister, so Johnny is a great, great uncle of mine. I've always been fascinated by his Swedenborgianism.

@austincalhoun1752 11 ай бұрын

Fr that’s insane unfortunately I’m a descendent of John c Calhoun there’s a lot worst people to be related to lol

@Kaijugan 9 ай бұрын

@@austincalhoun1752Fancy that. I’m related (distantly) to Martha Washington.

@O-sa-car 5 ай бұрын

@@Kaijugan nice - my 5th great grandfather founded Nashville

@Kaijugan 5 ай бұрын

@@O-sa-car bull

@O-sa-car 5 ай бұрын

@@Kaijugan lol - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robertson_(explorer)

@sirbig8292 2 жыл бұрын

*"Just gonna refill a little bit."* Max' version of "Two shots of Vodka."

@SleepinGriffin 2 жыл бұрын

*glug glug glug glug glug glug glug glug glug glug*

@mcfarofinha134 2 жыл бұрын

I love how a huge part of American tradition/history is weirdo admiring lol

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

you're not wrong. look up john muir. basically a bum who lived in the woods, but had such force of character that he created yosemite national park, and well, the idea of the national park.

@pattheplanter 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldfrend Don't forget the Emperor of San Francisco.

@DIEGhostfish 2 жыл бұрын

@@pattheplanter Good 'Ol Norton.

@gabbonoo 2 жыл бұрын

every culture has famous weirdos/evildoers. tis their eccentricity that empowers, an obsessive pursuit leading to excellence. tis why theoretical physicists often have annoying quirks and lacking people skills.

@mcfarofinha134 2 жыл бұрын

@@pattheplanter Praised be His Majesty

@alisaurus4224 2 жыл бұрын

We had a book about Johnny Appleseed that said he just loved apples so much he wanted everyone to have delicious apples to eat…not that he was scamming land grants and DEFINITELY not that most of the apples were for making alcohol

@TipTheScales27 Жыл бұрын

Apples are pretty damn good. Honestly don’t blame him. It was such a simple time back then lol

@user-un8tv1pp8m 11 ай бұрын

@@TipTheScales27 Our modern apples are damn good. His? Mostly werent. Using seeds his orchard primarily ever produced inedible crab apples - for cider and animal feed. As the OP said - it was a low-cost way to fulfill the words of the law with nearly no further investment. Scoring cheap land grants by symbolic but not too useful "cultivation" effectively

@Pandorash8 2 жыл бұрын

“…reciting original poetry to every surviving inhabitant.” 🤣🤣🤣 I’m dying! Thank you for the much needed laugh Max and the NY Times 😂

@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the idea of Johnny Appleseed. He harmed no animals, lived at the beck and call of no man, and came and went as he saw fit, spending his days out in nature. AND he gamed the system.

@naomiwinters3738 2 жыл бұрын

Totally, history should remember more people like him.

@kirbyculp3449 2 жыл бұрын

Aaahhhh, he was a bum.

@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын

@@naomiwinters3738 I agree Naomi.

@Kruppt808 2 жыл бұрын

kind of seemed like a Buddhist monk that liked planting

@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kruppt808 I guess that spirit doesn't need a label; it's more about the mindset.

@AimaCox-Zucker 2 жыл бұрын

My whole life I thought Johnny Appleseed was just a fanfic written by the apple industry 🍎

@morganrobinson8042 2 жыл бұрын

If you look at it a certain way, Johnny Appleseed was the apple industry. So more an autobiography.

@maureenshockey9937 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in TEARS laughing so hard at this comment. Bravo. XD

@chucklesdeclown8819 2 жыл бұрын

I thought he was a legend or something tbh

@otyugsdisplacerbeasts7943 2 жыл бұрын

Instead he’s just a really cool bum.

@uptoolate2793 2 жыл бұрын

"The apple industry "? You mean "big apple"? Lol. I doubt they're organized enough to be spewing propaganda.

@PLuMUK54 2 жыл бұрын

There was recently an item on, I think, the SciShow channel about how important Johnny Appleseed was. Apparently, due to his work he increased the genetic diversity of apples in the US, providing huge numbers of trees for today's botanists to use to create new varieties of apple.

@leoncepierre3963 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to do with your comment. Your handle rocks dude. Snicker-snack!

@MaxOakland 2 жыл бұрын

I watched that video!

@annasahlstrom6109 2 жыл бұрын

"Oh, the Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need: the sun, and the rain, and the apple seed. The Lord is good to me." We sang this for grace before snack in Girl Scouts.

@morganrobinson8042 2 жыл бұрын

Except for being very, very, Christian Johnny was pretty much a Celtic Green Man imported to a whole new continent. Also, lawn bowling was quite popular in the colonial US, so they might have been good on that front.

@FalconOfStorms 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Swedenborgianism isn't technically Christian.

@morganrobinson8042 2 жыл бұрын

@@FalconOfStorms I think It might technically count as Deism or something. He was defiantly a monotheist of the Christian tradition, but it was probably closest to one of those US protestant splinters without actual clergy.

@00muinamir 2 жыл бұрын

@@FalconOfStorms I mean, they do think that they're the real Christians and all the other sects calling themselves Christian are mostly wrong, so...

@PB-tr5ze 2 жыл бұрын

Not really a surprise, especially since early America still had a lot of ties to the old world and it's stories. In fact Johnny appears in the novel "American Gods" as a cultural hero. The book is about the Gods of the old world who exist in America. The idea is that faith makes a God real, so when different people got here they brought their gods and myths. But as they moved away from those beliefs, the Gods basically became living manifestations who have to just have to find a way to get along just like humans. Johnny isn't a God, but the legends, stories and cultural tradition made him similar to the Gods. So in that world sprites, fairies, both friendly and malevolent spirits exist... So a guy who has similarities with the old legends would probably find himself existing outside reality in the same space as those mythical beings.

@foxyfoxington2651 2 жыл бұрын

Pseudiom has an interesting video on a similar character: The Leatherman.

@TheHailacopter 2 жыл бұрын

"small sour apples" "lots of sugar" Sounds like a winner

@angelabury1349 2 жыл бұрын

As an Ohioan I can vouch for the apples (esp. of the crab variety) everywhere statement. Personally, I prefer apple moon shine to whiskey...because what else do you do in the boonies with that many apples.

@calico9046 2 жыл бұрын

@@angelabury1349 same. As an Ohioan mysef, I never thought about it but there have always been a lot of crabapple trees around

@adedow1333 2 жыл бұрын

And crab apples make the most fantastic butter after the style of apple butter and pumpkin butter. They are fantastically delicious. We've got some really flavorful crabapple trees out here in Colorado. If you're up for a super intense mouthful, like all of the flavor of a good sweet tart apple condensed, they're even good for straight eating. Of course, I'm also the kids who eats lemons straight, so take that as you will.

@angelabury1349 2 жыл бұрын

@@adedow1333 Yes! Applebutter is fantastic, and very easy to make.

@Kruppt808 2 жыл бұрын

@@adedow1333 dang it, now i want both of those kinds of butter. i live in Hawaii so Lilikoi butter is popular here.

@katestewart-taylor9736 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my relatives in Southern Appalachia making apples jack in the fall. First it was fairly easy to do. Make apple juice, let it ferment then let it freeze. Pour off the alcohol. Second it was much easier to hide from the revenuers.

@robcampbell3235 2 жыл бұрын

Well freeze-jacking ain't illegal. Unlike my great grandfather's ”kerosene” still. At least that's what it tasted like 🙂.

@danielbeck9191 11 ай бұрын

I learned in junior high that, on the American frontier, apple CIDER was allowed to ferment, making HARD CIDER. Freezing the hard cider concentrated the alcohol into APPLE JACK.

@petergray7576 2 жыл бұрын

Apples, like many fruit bearing species, have diploid chromosomes with a strong tendency towards heterozygous composition (meaning that a parent plant will not have exact copies of the same gene, but have different coding). The massive genome coupled with internal gene mutations creates creates vast variations among offspring. Edible cultivars are derived by pure luck within the vast probable variations, and can only be reproduced by grafting branches onto less desirable cultivars.

@brandonhall7498 2 жыл бұрын

"Reciting original poetry?" THE HORROR!

@vanessagoddess1 2 жыл бұрын

On the good ship Venus By Christ you should have seen us ... 😁😁

@PoppycockPrincess100 2 жыл бұрын

"It's the poetry that will get you every time." 😆

@realhorrorshow8547 2 жыл бұрын

It's worse than Vogon.

@supergeek1418 2 жыл бұрын

Apples are red Applejack, brown; It goes to your head, And lays you right down!

@Lucius1958 2 жыл бұрын

@@realhorrorshow8547 But not quite as bad as Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings...

@Captain_Draco 2 жыл бұрын

You missed a part of his history, namely that the Department of the Treasury destroyed most of the original apple trees he planted during prohibition because they could only be used for alcohol production.

@uptoolate2793 2 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?

@JW-yt7lr 2 жыл бұрын

This looks very much like the Wassail we drink in the Autumn called Halloween Wassail or Halloween Lambswool . All very similar ingredients , although we add ginger, mixed in a saucepan and warmed through , then whisk in the pulp of the baked apples and serve either in the wassail bowl , or individually in large glasses . The apple pulp rises to the top of the drink and looks [ vaguely ] like lambswool , but is very delicious . Keep making these great videos . It's fascinating to see how folk traditions have changed over the centuries .

@pattheplanter 2 жыл бұрын

I thought he had not baked the apple enough, a few more minutes and it would fall apart. When I bake an apple for eating I leave it until it is mush. Then you can mix in the stuffing of raisins and chopped apricots and spices.

@tessat338 2 жыл бұрын

According to Amy Stewart in her book, "The Drunken Botanist," apples best for hard cider and apple brandy are the really super sour ones referred to as "spitters" because if you ever bite into one, you immediately want to spit it out.

@paulwagner688 2 жыл бұрын

And coincidentally, those apples were the ones Chapman went around planting.

@toddellner5283 2 жыл бұрын

The best cider varieties are "sharp" and "bitter-sharp" ones

@theblackrose3130 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulwagner688 tbf, the reason grafting is the go to method is that Apples are very random when planted via seed. You can't predict what kinda apple the tree that will grow will produce, doesn't matter what tree you got it from

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

and what happens if you make cider/brandy out of sweet apples? not personally a fan of tart flavors myself.

@tessat338 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldfrend Amy Stewart doesn't say in her book. One can make port or brandy out of mediocre wine from white grapes. I wouldn't try home distillation. There is a science to the art of distillation that requires one to not use the first and last of the distillation, called the tops and the tails. Also, it's illegal in the US.

@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059 2 жыл бұрын

Traditional applejack was actually made through freeze distillation in the winter months. It is also a separate drink from apple brandy as well. It was made quite simply, apple cider was left to freeze outside and the remaining liquid would be mostly alcohol - as alcohol does not freeze easily. Freeze distillation isn’t capable of distilling to to degree of concentration traditional is, so you’re left with a far less alcoholic beverage that tastes closer to apple cider than apple brandy. Very easy to drink in large quantities without noticing, similar to apple pie moonshine. This quality is what gave it its reputation of getting one really drunk.

@SlavicCelery 2 жыл бұрын

You can easily get into the 30% realm with freeze distillation. I've gotten usually high 20's without excessively pushing things.

@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059 2 жыл бұрын

@@SlavicCelery I have to admit, my only endeavors into freeze distillation were with an awful booze I made with bakers yeast, table sugar, raisins, and coolaid mix during highschool lol. I did make a pretty penny selling that to my classmates at least. Boy was that shit disgusting

@SlavicCelery 2 жыл бұрын

@@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059 A good yeast helps reduce the off flavors and headache inducing compounds.

@robcampbell3235 2 жыл бұрын

Applejack is slightly poisonous due to the distillation method. Basically if you drink too much you will not only have a nasty headache but vicious nausea. Like a regular hangover...but worse. I'll stick to calvados.

@thedausthed 2 жыл бұрын

@@robcampbell3235 That is a complete and utter myth, no method of distillation is dangerous. Anyone with more than two brain cells would know that because there is no chemical reaction that turns ethanol to methanol via evaporation then anything that is safe to drink before distilling (like fermented apple juice) is also safe to drink after.

@_sibley 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for filming and uploading this episode without dynamiting all of Burbank and reciting original poetry.

@mountainmolly2726 2 жыл бұрын

Crabapples don't get enough love. We had a crabapple tree when I was little and I loved to eat them straight off the tree. They also make the best jelly.

@bigred9428 2 жыл бұрын

I think that's because a lot of us heard that you couldn't eat crabapples, or if you had to, your stomach wouldn't like you very much.

@Teladian2 2 жыл бұрын

They also make good wine

@juliegoldman411 2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% I have very fond memories of the crab apple tree that grew in our back yard in Chicago many years ago. I looked forward to Autumn when they were ready to eat.

@taste_is_sweet 2 жыл бұрын

I really like crabapples too!

@LillyMunster85 2 жыл бұрын

I was literally telling my kids about fhe crab apple tree in front of my house that I grew up in and how tart amazing they were! Never got sick. 😀

@rykx0r 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the jack in applejack refers to the process of jacking, which is distillation by means of freezing. Water freezes first and is removed, leaving a stronger proof of spirit.

@robot797 2 жыл бұрын

and if it is destilled it aint no applejack no more

@-jank-willson 2 жыл бұрын

It also leaves a bunch of poisonous toxins behind like wood alcohol that can make you go blind, that is why it is outlawed for commercial production nowadays...

@averagejoe9040 2 жыл бұрын

@@-jank-willson unlike shotty moonshine, you really wouldnt be able to concentrate it nearly enough for those other compounds to seriously harm you. It does make hang overs worse though.

@MistahJigglah 2 жыл бұрын

@@-jank-willson Ice distillation isn't actually illegal, Eisbock, And while it will make you feel like shit, won't actually make you go blind. That happens when people ad other noxious chemicals, like terpines, to alcohol, as was common during prohibition. You can drink pure heads/tails and you're liver/kidneys/spleen will give out long before you ever go blind.

@MistahJigglah 2 жыл бұрын

@@averagejoe9040 Blindness from moonshine is from shiners adding other noxious chemicals to their mixes like antifreeze and turpentine

@casinodelonge 2 жыл бұрын

That review of applejack was one of the most magnificent pieces of journalism I've ever heard.

@keyboardwarrior3702 2 жыл бұрын

I adore baked apples, usually stuff them with walnuts, butter and maple syrup,/brown sugar. Baked pears are also a lovely treat

@mnels5214 2 жыл бұрын

Original poetry lol Lord let the Vogons never get a hold of this stuff

@brunavs5081 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, dear! 🤣

@dana69685 2 жыл бұрын

Anything but that 😱😂

@emmaschauer5409 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@rainydaylady6596 2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🖖💕

@sweepingtime 2 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference!

@charlesrockafellor4200 2 жыл бұрын

Please, a moment of your time for some Vogon poetry: "Groop. I implore thee, / my foonting turlingdromes, / and hooptiously drangle me, / with crinkly bindlewurdles, / or else I shall rend thee in the gobbelwarts / with my burglecruncheon. / See if I don't."

@bigred9428 2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking of Vogon poetry!

@charlesrockafellor4200 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigred9428 ❤ 🙂

@tric5122 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find any apple Brandy, so I improvised and bought peaches and peach Brandy. Then fried the peaches in butter and brown sugar for the fruit. It worked out really well.

@livbirka403 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way you say “Leominster” any one from MA I’m sure they caught that too. That’s the word we use to weed out the spies! 😆 Just poking fun. Love your channel!

@Boom12 2 жыл бұрын

Why does the title make it sound like a Netflix documentary? If it does go into production, you should get John Townsend hosting it with ya, all while spouting poetry to cause some chaos.

@NotContinuum 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thought of Vogan poetry when hearing that part?

@JerryB507 2 жыл бұрын

Jon and Ryan talked about doing some 18th Century Poetry reading on the last livestream. They also talked about making up some of their own in the same style.

@NatsAstrea 2 жыл бұрын

@@NotContinuum nope, not the only one!

@NatsAstrea 2 жыл бұрын

just don't go blowing up any towns first, okay?

@katarinaroman8392 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a little girl I was OBSESSED with the Johnny Appleseed song that we learned in elementary school. I used to sing it on the swingset all the time! I wonderful memory. Thank you Max!!!

@DrPluton 2 жыл бұрын

Is it this one? Oh, the Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need, the rain and the sun and the appleseed. The Lord is good to me. Amen, amen, A-a-a-a-a-men!

@annbrookens945 2 жыл бұрын

DrPluton: ...minus the Amens, that's the one I know.

@DrPluton 2 жыл бұрын

@@annbrookens945 My grandmother taught us that one. We had a traditional prayer, but we would sometimes sing that instead.

@kaylathehedgehog2005 2 жыл бұрын

We used to sing that right before lunch when I was in school. Good memories.

@katarinaroman8392 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrPluton Yes thats it!!! My version didn't say amen but the rest is the same!

@deborahhannah8275 2 жыл бұрын

Max Miller is one of my KZfaq heroes, for sure. This channel is the perfect marriage of foodieism with history nerdism. Life is good.

@Kingofredeyes 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the Tasting History, Drinking History cross over, the hosts seems like they would have a lot in common.

@LillyMunster85 2 жыл бұрын

It's already happened when Max in the kitchen calls on Max on the couch. 😁😁

@zenkakuji3776 2 жыл бұрын

Applejack is definitely sinfully good. Stated by someone who has survived the homemade hooch. Johnny was a clever individual finding a loophole in land management policy turning production waste into a successful land acquisition initiative. My hometown had a legendary character referred to as "the Leatherman" as his clothes were made of all animal pelts. Locals would provide handouts that helped him survive while he lived in the foothills of the town as he was a trapper by trade. Very much enjoyed this story of America's past. 🍎👍

@elbruces 2 жыл бұрын

Weird, my hometown had a campfire story of "the leatherman" who would murder and skin people. According to legend, he was supported and helped by a town on the far side of the woods.

@zenkakuji3776 2 жыл бұрын

@@elbruces there are probably many local tales of Leathermen in parts of the country as many early settlers merely lived off the land and trapping water based animals for their fur and hide was very much in demand. So, these same individuals would make their clothes essentially for free from their efforts. Our town had a benevolent leather man and there are historic photos of the individual in our town's library. Our local legend states that if you come across a black dog walking in the foothills of the town, then you are destined to die within a year. No one takes this seriously but just something to talk about when you're on the trails....

@RuwinduGunatilake 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact. The reason applejack is “strong” despite having the same ABV as whisky was because of the traditional process it was made. Whisky was distilled with heat allowing precise removal of methanol from the spirit. Applejack was freeze distilled which did not remove the methanol so you were stuck with it in the final drink. Methanol and higher fusel alcohols are known to give some serious headaches, intoxication and downright poisoning if ingested in high amounts which traditional applejack definitely had well… when you consume a lot of it anyway.

@pattheplanter 2 жыл бұрын

Fruit produces more methanol than grain does when fermented, so a double-whammy.

@ANTSEMUT1 2 жыл бұрын

Additional note the treatment for Methanol poisoning is giving someone the equivalent amount of ethanol.

@mwater_moon2865 2 жыл бұрын

@@pattheplanter Apples are some of the worst fruits for it too! since it's from pectin, which apples are high in. Though that does suggest currants would be the worst... (real black currants, not the dried grape kind)

@pattheplanter 2 жыл бұрын

@@mwater_moon2865 I suppose the Rock's Gooseberry Champagne wasn't good for methanol content. Lucky they haven't made it for a few decades. The best champagne I ever tasted and only £6 a bottle.

@uptoolate2793 2 жыл бұрын

You can't get to 85 proof by freeze distilling. Maybe 60 proof at best.

@jennifermoody487 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, I hooted with laughter when you were reading the NY Times articles about NJ Apple Jack: "...and they were reciting poetry to all the surviving inhabitants" and also that Victor Hugo had written that he "glided into insanity". Great lines! I also hooted yet again with "that is a town that needed a bowling alley!" Great one, Max!

@morganbiddlecom 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a small town on the west coast and every year my friends and I would have an apple festival. The lore was that when Johnny Appleseed got to the coast and realized he couldn't go any farther, he had nothing left to do but have a party and get drunk on applejack. We would drink hot apple drinks and press cider and eat various apple themed foods. We even had a song about it.

@smirknsmile8429 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE hearing folks try to say New England towns. "Lemon-stir" is a little closer to "Leominster". I'm so glad you're doing cocktails, too!!!

@Giddeshan 2 жыл бұрын

It's a good thing that Johnny Appleseed wasn't from Scituate.

@matthewlister3755 2 жыл бұрын

My wife saw No Doubt in Worcester sometime in the 90's, so she got to witness Gwen Stefani say "HOW ARE WE DOING WAR CHESTER?"

@StabbyJoe135 2 жыл бұрын

Now try pronouncing English and Welsh towns as a yank. Believe me, y all fail harder than he did here. Worcestershire.

@CrizzyEyes 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewlister3755 I flew over there for a friends' wedding once. They have a small airport there, and the first thing you see when you go out to the reception area is "It's pronounced WOOSTER!"

@matthewlister3755 2 жыл бұрын

@@CrizzyEyes haha that's awesome. They should also have this bit of advice on a sign at the edge of town for tour buses, apparently.

@jackoftrades80home 2 жыл бұрын

That town doesn’t need a bowling alley, it needs a pool table (cue 76 trombones).

@dawnmichelle4403 2 жыл бұрын

Needs a boys' band! 🎺

@lindenray8970 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know, seems like it could be trouble...

@dawnmichelle4403 2 жыл бұрын

@@lindenray8970 with a capital T!

@MsLeenite 2 жыл бұрын

First, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then applejack from a bottle!!!

@catherinecrawford2289 2 жыл бұрын

Libertine men and scarlet women and RAGTIME!

@HootOwl513 2 жыл бұрын

Traditionally, Apple Jack was made from hard cider, then left outside to freeze. The solution poured off from the resultant apple slush was a higher alcohol content. Distilling hard cider results in even higher ABV. Calvados, an apple brandy from Normandy is one such product. I would use the hard cider/slush method to be truer to the recipe, but it's your show.

@blacknapalm2131 2 жыл бұрын

*'Glided into insanity'* I have never seen a more elegant and simple description of myself

@Izzmonster 2 жыл бұрын

Watching Max work through the idea of why the apple is there is the purest, cleanest pleasure.

@mallomon 2 жыл бұрын

Loved that part

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

ahahah that was brilliant. 'i dunno why i'd want that apple in there. it'll just be apple soaked in flavor alcohol by the time i get to the bottom. and now i know why' XD

@Izzmonster 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldfrend 🤣🤣🤣

@qjames0077 2 жыл бұрын

The best totties are with bourbon. As a Kentuckian I can assure you there's a lot of very interesting myths and tales behind America's Whiskey. Some people say bourbon was discovered by a grocer reusing old scorched barrels, others say it was Jim Beam's experimentation. Do a video on it Max! Maybe a Manhattan?

@Aarenby 2 жыл бұрын

I raise you a rum toddy

@jaredwright5644 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Irish whiskey in my toddies, but to each their own.

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

A toddy without a Speyside single malt is hardly a toddy at all, mate.

@tomf3150 2 жыл бұрын

- It was inwentedby an old lady near Leningrad... - Alright, no more alcohol for you Mr Chekov.

@northstarjakobs 2 жыл бұрын

Bourbon would be a very good one to do a history on! Maybe a general history of early American liquor making and why certain types of liquor were made more than others.

@iPikastars 2 жыл бұрын

I was so obsessed with the tale of Johnny Appleseed as a kid that when I got my first pet (a hamster) I did indeed name him that. I think it was because the little guy liked apples too. Watching this brought back memories of my little hamster buddy, who died from old age at five years old.

@frocat5163 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up and have lived most of my life within an hour of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Johnny Appleseed is a local legend, with a festival held in his honor every September in Johnny Appleseed Park. His grave is in Ft. Wayne, and the local minor league baseball team is called the Tin Caps in his honor.

@wlk68 2 жыл бұрын

As a Massachusetts resident, born and raised, I can tell you the town in question is pronounced "Lemin-ster", not matter what the spelling looks like. We have a lot of towns like that.

@ShellyS2060 2 жыл бұрын

Um, are you from Wis-tah by any chance?

@wlk68 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShellyS2060 Nope. Bill-rickah. :)

@ShellyS2060 2 жыл бұрын

@@wlk68 how far is that from Beverly?

@mwater_moon2865 2 жыл бұрын

You should make a people try to say Mass. town names vid like A Southern Thing did for Alabama and Texas and Mississippi town names. It's always a hoot how names look vs how they're said.

@AnnaReed42 2 жыл бұрын

"...by the transitive property..." Oh this is starting off very well. Though this might be more of a distributive property kind of thing. Love(apple) + Love(cocktails) = Love (apple + cocktails). Transitive would me more like... if apple = love and love = cocktail, then apple = cocktail 🤔 I'm sorry. - Former math teacher

@cadileigh9948 2 жыл бұрын

but a Loveapple was an Elizabethan name for a tomato

@toddellner5283 2 жыл бұрын

The real genius is that after seven years the orchards were proved farm claims, and the land could be sold for a LOT more. Further, cider and applejack lasted and could be transported long distances, so cider apples were just fine.

@nondescriptcat5620 5 ай бұрын

if i remember correctly, Chapman basically franchised his orchards, granting local farmers usage rights in exchange for a cut of the profits. while he was a weirdo, he was a smart businessman.

@hettyscetty9785 2 жыл бұрын

It sounds perfect for a cold October day in Scotland, when the temp has already dropped to below ten degrees (Celsius), and when some place up north already has snow.

@kirbyculp3449 2 жыл бұрын

Hot apple cider with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and squeeze of lime juice is divine on a cold day.

@whatsinanameish 2 жыл бұрын

That warning op ed article almost sounded like a sales promotion. It probably tripled sales overnight with all of the talk about blowing up everything with dynamite.

@fedra76it 2 жыл бұрын

So true. Bad and prohibited things are irresistible to many people.

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

@@fedra76it Especially in America-the popularity of the AR-15 rifle is a direct consequence of the failed 1994 assault weapons ban. The idiocy of authority figures is as reliable as the sun in Las Vegas.

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

In Newfoundland, you don't find many apple trees on the Southern Shore where I grew up, but now that I live in Central Newfoundland, I'm finding trees everywhere I walk. I guess it had to do with the railroad and people throwing apple cores into the woods off a train, as well as the better soil and weather here. Anyways, I found two wild apple trees along side the old rail bed, and one is a bit sour but tasty, and the other is sweeter. Both are small and hard apples. I picked many pounds to bottle applesauce, to make apple crisps and pies, and to make cakes. They're really good, but hard to peel and core as they're so small. Perhaps it's the same kinda apple that Johnny Appleseed planted?

@JW-yt7lr 2 жыл бұрын

Like you I love foraging for fruit at this time of the year . Especially along roadside verges where people have thrown apple cores from their car windows . As apples do not come true to type from seed the apples from those ' volunteer ' trees will always be a bit random . I found the best way to process them is to cut them in half and cook them in a pressure cooker or InstaPot . Cook them to a pulp and then strain out all the apple skin , pips and other bits you don't want . You can then sweeten and spice the apple puree to taste .

@-jank-willson 2 жыл бұрын

@@JW-yt7lr some apples come true to type. but only 'purebred' varieties.

@chrisholds1 2 жыл бұрын

It's cool that you're using these sorts of apples. May I suggest that you just cut the apples in half or into chunks depending on size, cook them and then run them through a hand cranked food mill. It'll strain out the seeds, skins and smooth out the cooked apple to a beautifully smooth consistency.

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisholds1 oh I did that too. I find that little bits of core still get through. I'm thinking I need a better food mill. Thanks for the tips and taking the time to help me out 😊

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

@@JW-yt7lr good idea of pressure cooking them. I find the puree really thick...I guess there's a lot of pectin in my apples, and I had to add water to thin it out some. Perhaps next year I can attempt making my own homemade pectin from them??

@renny9850 2 жыл бұрын

I live in the same town he was born in! We have a festival for him each year. He is pretty important to our town. Thank you for not only sharing his history but also a nice drink I can make!

@AnonymousFREEZEpOp1 2 жыл бұрын

I live in the town where he was buried and we also have a festival for him each year.

@grenmoyo3968 2 жыл бұрын

Max: and if John townsand was here he'd probably use the whole thing. John townsand: I felt that.

@DaveJoria 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shout out to our fave calm speaking nutmeg nut

@johnpeters1441 2 жыл бұрын

Back then they soaked fruit in liquid for the ladies, because it was unseemly for a women to drink, so they were given alchohol soaked fruit at gatherings, ,,little add on,,, the appetizer was supposedly stronger in content with the added fermentation ! Score one for the ladies !!!!!

@bigred9428 2 жыл бұрын

So that's why they thought women were so weak...we were actually plastered!

@johnpeters1441 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigred9428 good one 👍

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

alcohol soaked fruit sounds like a good-ass time to me!

@ericakusske3321 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldfrend it's fabulous. I soak cocktail cherries in 180 proof alcohol for about a year (you could probably do it sooner, but this works for me to start around Christmas time and use the next Christmas) and then drain off the now cherry flavored alcohol for mixed drinks and coat the cherries in chocolate. Takes some planning ahead and patience, but if you like chocolate and cherries, definitely worth it. Thinking about trying it with fresh pitted black cherries.

@oldfrend 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericakusske3321 girl that is way too much work. ima just go to one of your parties and mooch a little XD

@HDProductionsRJL 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up close to the Swedenbourgian's American settlement at Bryn Athyn in PA! They have a beautiful cathedral and museum of medieval art and history.

@jansenart0 2 жыл бұрын

Pollan's Botany of Desire did a spectacular teardown of the John Chapman legend.

@markhershner2240 2 жыл бұрын

I live in north central Ohio and there are Johnny Appleseed named places everywhere!! There also happens to be an abundance of wild apple trees around the country side.

@DoloresJNurss 2 жыл бұрын

My great-grandfather used to make applejack the old-fashioned way--by cold distillation. Basically, he'd put hard cider out into the snow in winter, let the cold freeze most of the water, discard the ice, and what was left was applejack. Unlike hot distillation, this concentrated the flavors rather than leaving much of them behind. This could make a big difference!

@uptoolate2793 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Maxx phoned in this episode.

@jorenbosmans8065 2 жыл бұрын

See, this is why you should combat global warming 🤣 All jokes aside, appearantly it is indeed the traditional way, but has some downsides. By freezing it, you don't remove the methanol. This might lead to a drink which can give you a headache. But I love the idea

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын

Point of spirit order! Apple jack is different from apple brandy. Jack is made by making hard cider, then setting it outside on a cold night, and discarding the ice that would form on top, increasing the amount of alcohol in the remaining liquid. Repeat as desired to increase potency. Apple brandy is made by distilling the hard cider. Essentially, one is closer to wine, the other is closer to actual traditional spirit.

@jjudy5869 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, that is my understanding of what applejack is as opposed to apple brandy.

@TastingHistory 2 жыл бұрын

The problem (which is a good thing) is that there is no applejack made as it was in the 19th century. Today applejack is not made like that nor does it use 100% apple, so old fashioned apple brandy is the closest you'll get.

@scaper8 2 жыл бұрын

Though true, nobody, at least not for sale, jacks. Freeze distillation tends to leave nasty and dangerous compounds like methanol since it just involves freezing the water which solidifies first. Heat distillation boils the alcohol and recollects it since it boils at a much lower temperature than water and can be much more controlled to not boil away things like the methanol.

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory I hope I didn't come off as hostile, I still enjoyed the episode immensely. Thank you for replying, and I look forward to seeing your future videos.

@TastingHistory 2 жыл бұрын

@@eldorados_lost_searcher not at all! Makes me think Applejack deserves a history of its own 😁

@maxhunter3574 2 жыл бұрын

"If John Townsend were here, he'd use the darn nutmeg" ...fact check true!

@chadsmith8966 2 жыл бұрын

Read a document on Johnny Appleseed. I remember one segment where apparently native tribes saw him as a bit of a Medicine Man (sort of like a Holy Man) and left him alone because of it.

@LWVH81 2 жыл бұрын

You’ve come back stocked up on fabulous Hawaiian shirts!

@Terrelli9 2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness the pot on the head is true. My childhood is not a lie.

@Kruppt808 2 жыл бұрын

American Weirdo: Best description of an folklore character

@corygibson2678 2 жыл бұрын

I went to school with one of the Lairds, the business is still in the family. Washington bought their apple jack recipe after he acquired a taste for it during the battle of monmouth, they still have the contract he signed.

@elizamb5280 2 жыл бұрын

I always forget that there's such a immaculate thing as this subseries so the KZfaq message is always a nice surprise - this just made my day😄

@lhfirex 2 жыл бұрын

I've got to say that recipe is written with the flourish I really appreciate.

@gentillydanny 2 жыл бұрын

Ha, yeah, I was taught that he was a kindly soul, coffee sacked and barefoot, sowing the plains, etc. with apple trees for the refreshment and shade of the pioneers. It's nice to know that he lived his life his way and left his sister a nice stake. Good show you have here. Also, I'd always thought AppleJack was hard cider.

@emilymorrison2216 2 жыл бұрын

We actually have a lot of land in the middle of our town that was one of Johnny's early land holdings! And it's actually across the river from where Daniel Decatur Emmett was born.

@AkosJaccik 2 жыл бұрын

- Our man won't marry in this world to gain a "pure wife in heaven" - Left his orchards to his daughter _Hmmm._ I mean, _technically..._ EDIT: Ah, nevermind, Max clarified it.

@fedra76it 2 жыл бұрын

Well, you know... Theory and practice don't always match ;)

@mnels5214 2 жыл бұрын

Right with you, that was an intriguing tidbit

@ZMowlcher 2 жыл бұрын

Hey he only said he wouldn't marry.

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing...guess even in his dirty and run down state, he was still able to get close enough to a woman to reproduce...

@applegal3058 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZMowlcher haha,a

@Nick-nv5fy 2 жыл бұрын

History of coffee (may need multiple episodes)

@TastingHistory 2 жыл бұрын

It’s coming

@faded9521 2 жыл бұрын

johnny appleseed was such a great man. he was so well loved that even indigenous tribes that were hostile to the euro settlers liked him and let him pass through their lands untouched.

@girplejuice 2 жыл бұрын

So thrilled to see this episode! Johnny appleseed is my Halloween costume!

@lisam5744 2 жыл бұрын

'Time for History' comes on and my little history loving heart cheers!

@MrAustrokiwi 2 жыл бұрын

I thought jacking( ice distillation) was making a spirit by freezing the water out, not distilling the spirit out of fermented must( I could well be wrong).

@bigred9428 2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I have read. You need hard cider, and the more times you freeze it, the stronger it becomes. They show this in "June Bride" with Bette Davis.

@bando7567 2 жыл бұрын

Nope, you're absolutely correct. Applejack was discovered accidentally when most of the water in a barrel of cider had frozen around the sides, leaving just a core of applejack.

@bigred9428 2 жыл бұрын

@@bando7567, I became obsessed with applejack since I learned they stopped making it here a few years ago. I was thinking of trying to make it myself, but I don't drink, so it never went anywhere.

@MrAustrokiwi 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigred9428 Maybe this is an opportunity for max to make real apple jack and tell us how its different to apple brandy?

@tanyamartin1183 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad u did this episode! I'm from Leominster, Ma and we have a Johnny Appleseed festival every year at the end of September/ beginning of apple picking season.

@heavybreath 2 жыл бұрын

Lairds is based here in New Jersey - people in the Pine Barrens of Southern NJ used to distill it in woods where it was known as Jersey Lightening It is a very old and famous brand where even George Washington wrote to Laird asking for his recipe for Apple Jack

@Riftrender 2 жыл бұрын

Forcing people to listen to poetry, what a monster.

@realhorrorshow8547 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that this is an aggravating factor to dynamiting the whole town. Blowing up everyone and everything, we might let that pass, but _poetry?_

@roberthunter5059 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Applejack freeze distilled cider back then, just like today? I made it once. It was apple-y, but not really for me.

@ThinkFaster66 2 жыл бұрын

Quick correction. “Apple jack” is a spirit that was made by “freeze jacking” hard cider. Basically they would make hard cider, put it in a barrel, and when it froze, they would save the liquid(mostly alcohol, sugar, apple flavor, and some water) then throw away the ice. rinse and repeat. After a few goes, you wound up with an ABV approaching that of whiskey. Apple brandy is just that. Distilled and aged spirit made from apples.

@ThinkFaster66 2 жыл бұрын

Just a warning. By using this process, you also increase the methanol in your product( usually removed during true distillation) thus causing the worst hangovers if you got drunk on it.

@joshuabugge2772 2 жыл бұрын

Apple Jack was made by freezing fermented cider then removing the ice. Brandy is a fine substitute though!

@Mewz123 2 жыл бұрын

When you said Townsends would use the entire nutmeg, I almost choked on my drink laughing

@lynetteschmied6096 2 жыл бұрын

& I ❤️ tasting/drinking history w/ Max Miller I said it b4 & I say it again this man needs his own show on food network

@kristinahildebrand4015 2 жыл бұрын

Swedenborg is buried in the cathedral here in Uppsala - unfortunately at his original burial, in London, someone nicked the skull and replaced it with another. The body, and the wrong skull, came to Uppsala in the early 20th century and were only rejoined with the genuine skull in the 1970s.

@jonesnori 2 жыл бұрын

How odd! History is full of weirdness, though.

@maxlutz3674 2 жыл бұрын

This came ust in time. We expect to have a night with sub zero temperatures.This video once again caters to three wishes: entertainment, a slice of history and an easy to follow recipe for something that seems to be tasty. Well done!

@D5quared91 2 жыл бұрын

“Whiskey doesn’t taste of corn” Lol.

@Mike-rx3mn 2 жыл бұрын

So I guess what people call applejack may be regional? I'm old, like over 60 years old and when I was a wee lad, my great uncle made applejack, and what he did was press the apples, make hard cider, then once he felt it was strong enough he would leave it outside in the mid-winter (in Illinois) and let the water in the hard cider freeze. After a few days, he would bring it into his shop and break and remove the ice, and what was left smelled strong of apples and was thick as maple syrup, and he would give my dad a shot glass and they would tell tales of them growing up, and I got to add a story of mine of school. They would both laugh and that's the first time dad told me how he walked 5 miles to school every day uphill both ways( but I couldn't understand if you could go uphill both ways couldn't you also go downhill both ways and that would be easier?) So I was brought up to believe applejack was made from hard cider, but again I guess it depends on where you were raised. Your drink sounds very tasty and would probably be a great treat for the parents of the trick or treaters this halloween.

@danihesslinger7968 2 жыл бұрын

Nice story! Being 72, let me add mine 😃 My husband and I used to make apple cider at home from apples that nobody used and which were given away for free. One autumn we got so many that we could not use them all up with our small kitchen machine, so I stored them in a large tub on our balcony. Suddenly winter set in and they froze over, so we left them to rot (as we thought) out there . Beginning of spring, when they had thawed, I did not know how to get rid of all the mush they had turned into, so I just poured the whole stuff into the drain out on the balcony. The whole street smelled of alcohol for two days!!! Wish I had known about apple-jack at the time 😃

@eddavanleemputten9232 2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly where apple jack comes from! It’s also known as freeze distillation or freeze (alcohol) extraction. This process does not take out the methanol, which is the cause of “apple palsy”, a form of methanol poisoning. Fortunately actual apple jack made through freeze extraction doesn’t contain a lor of methanol so one or two shot glasses won’t kill you. You’re more likely to get a hangover. Moderation is even more important than when consuming heat distilled beverages because of the higher amount of impurities and the methanol. Knowing what I know I would rather stay away from freeze-distillates for consumption but that’s me. There is also the legal concern. Legally, it’s considered to be distilling and that means inmost countries it’s illegal unless you get a license. It is however entirely feasible with any undistilled alcoholic beverage, a freezer and several small plastic drink bottles. A quick KZfaq search will reveal many videos on how to proceed without having to wait for winter. I successfully tried it for a school science project. Tee-hee!

@bug3518 2 жыл бұрын

A Townsend Tasting History collab would be amazing

@DragonAceSg7 Жыл бұрын

"Cleary a town in need of a bowling alley." You have the best timing with things like that.

@proudnerd3 2 жыл бұрын

Massachusetts advanced city name pronunciation: somehow, “Leominster” is pronounced “Lemon-stir”, which must only be said in your best Boston accent. Good luck with some other classics like “Billerica” (Bill-rick-a), Scituate (sitch-oo-et), and Peabody (Pea-Ba-Dee).

@NapsAndNoodles 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot Worcester, Gloucester, and Reading. ;)

@proudnerd3 2 жыл бұрын

@@NapsAndNoodles I didn’t want to hurt his brain!

@Orinslayer 2 жыл бұрын

You are all insane.

@NapsAndNoodles 2 жыл бұрын

@@Orinslayer It's the winters and the Canada geese. 🤣

@constanceblanchard7608 2 жыл бұрын

Try Schuylkill

@csongorkakuk5871 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Max, great episode as always! If I may live with a little suggestion: one should always put their other hand around the bottom of the glass when stirring a drink. Unless it's a stirring glass with a weighted, thick bottom, stirring a drink around can easily tumble the glass over, potentially breaking it and spilling everything out, especially if using a long barspoon that greatly increases leverage. At least that's what I was taught and what I think is logical. Anyway, love the show, cheers!

@ndb_1982 2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@glitchout0137 7 ай бұрын

Applejack in my area was home brewed hard cider, frozen and scraped of the ice. Raises the ABV. But apple whiskey is an amazing delight as well.

@censusgary 2 жыл бұрын

All those seed-grown apple trees would be really good stock to graft apple scions onto. I wonder if any of the Chapman-planted trees are still around.