Harvest Spirits Distillery

Notoriously hard to make, Grappa is an Italian spirit derived from the grape pressings. A local winemaker recently gave us a load of grape skins to experiment with. Instead of adding sugar and water to the skins, we fermented them by adding sweet cider to the must. Although this will not be considered a traditional grappa, the test trials reveal promising flavors of fresh, New York grapes.

Himbeer Geist is a traditional south German spirit made with raspberries. Our version is a bit different: we use black raspberries that we grow ourselves just steps from our distillery door. Another important distinction is that the spirit is derived from the fermented sugar of apples, not grain. We used our entire 2009 harvest of black raspberries for our test trials and look forward to releasing a finished product after the 2010 harvest. This product is unsweetened and contains no sugar, just apples, black raspberries and water. Available in September.

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