On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:07:02 -0600, Adam Thornton wrote: >On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: >> In actual fact, I met Terry Pratchett at a book signing two months >> ago for his latest novel, "Thud!", and I asked him if "scrumpy" was >> the inspiration for "scumble". he said, "Oh, of course!". Mr. >> Pratchett lives in Somerset, by the way. > >I see. > >As I recall from the books, it's essentially an icewine made from >cider, innit? That is, you ferment the cider, then you let the water >freeze out leaving behind a more-alcoholic residue? >
Ah, that isn't new. My father told me about doing it in North Dakota in the 1930s. Except they called it apple-jack. He also said that it would knock you on your a$$. He said that apple-jack was why they always put up cider in wooden kegs: to make it easier (using the old hand-drills) to bore through the ice. Lloyd
