Are you sure jacking is legal? It's my understanding that, though the law itself does specify "distillation," case law has held that any method of concentrating ethanol from a solution is illegal, including jacking. The sensible reason for this is that jacking concentrates the methanol and the propanol (as well as other fusel alcohols) as well as the ethanol, thus making the resultant mixture significantly less healthy than a similar mixture produced via distillation would be.
Now, of course, in actual practice, the chances of the BATF breaking down your door because you're making applejack are pretty slim. My advice would be to be careful not to concentrate it too much, not to sell or give away the beverages you make, and not to post a lot about them on LJ. If there were any other administration in charge I would say they have better things to do than go after you for jacking, but with the one we've got, who knows?
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Date: 2008-06-10 06:39 pm (UTC)Now, of course, in actual practice, the chances of the BATF breaking down your door because you're making applejack are pretty slim. My advice would be to be careful not to concentrate it too much, not to sell or give away the beverages you make, and not to post a lot about them on LJ. If there were any other administration in charge I would say they have better things to do than go after you for jacking, but with the one we've got, who knows?