Comments on: Whi’ ligh’nin’ http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/comment-page-1/#comment-36509 Paul Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:29:16 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/#comment-36509 <p>There's a story behind Annie Proulx and that cider making book but I can't corroborate it on the Internet in the few minutes I'm willing to devote to the topic. :( Here you go, anyway: The first edition was written in conjunction with an ex-husband or friend and Annie hasn't worked on subsequent editions. I believe the story is that she allows her name to stay associated with the book to help generate more sales.</p> There’s a story behind Annie Proulx and that cider making book but I can’t corroborate it on the Internet in the few minutes I’m willing to devote to the topic. :( Here you go, anyway: The first edition was written in conjunction with an ex-husband or friend and Annie hasn’t worked on subsequent editions. I believe the story is that she allows her name to stay associated with the book to help generate more sales.

]]> By: ctate http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/comment-page-1/#comment-36481 ctate Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/#comment-36481 <p>I was once served a little tipple of ... well, I don't know what to call it, and neither did the maker. He'd made mead, and then distilled it. There doesn't seem to be a standard term for the resulting product -- he called it "metheglyn," but that word properly means a spiced/herbed straight mead, not a distillation product.</p> <p>He'd only single-distilled it and hadn't aged it, but it was still excellent. I wonder whether he ever pursued the project....</p> I was once served a little tipple of … well, I don’t know what to call it, and neither did the maker. He’d made mead, and then distilled it. There doesn’t seem to be a standard term for the resulting product — he called it “metheglyn,” but that word properly means a spiced/herbed straight mead, not a distillation product.

He’d only single-distilled it and hadn’t aged it, but it was still excellent. I wonder whether he ever pursued the project….

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/comment-page-1/#comment-36466 mamster Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:47:13 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/#comment-36466 <p>Wow. If he decides to distill his cider, don't tell anyone, just get all nudgy and winky.</p> Wow. If he decides to distill his cider, don’t tell anyone, just get all nudgy and winky.

]]> By: Kate http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/comment-page-1/#comment-36465 Kate Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:43:06 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/12/06/whi-lighnin/#comment-36465 <p>Wow. This is too coincidental not to share. I'm in the homebrew store right now, reading blogs on my iPhone while my boyfriend is being all beer geeky. He just decided to make cider for the first time. I walked over to show him this post, and he had THAT Annie Proulx book in his hand. (And the guy at Mountain Homebrew confirmed that that is indeed the best book for cider-making.)</p> Wow. This is too coincidental not to share. I’m in the homebrew store right now, reading blogs on my iPhone while my boyfriend is being all beer geeky. He just decided to make cider for the first time. I walked over to show him this post, and he had THAT Annie Proulx book in his hand. (And the guy at Mountain Homebrew confirmed that that is indeed the best book for cider-making.)

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