445767 Fri Sep 28 10:10:44 -0700 2007 4 36 Spirits 0 2985688 What spirits work best with some fresh apple cider? Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe some Goslings and a dash of Ginger Beer. Fri Sep 28 10:10:44 -0700 2007 16672 phatchris 1 2987046 how fresh...? I would skip the drink and dump it in a fermenter with a couple of cans of good quality cherries, pitch in some English cider yeast and let'r rip! If not that - Jack Daniel's has an amazing amazing ability to work with apples and cider... Fri Sep 28 15:45:05 -0700 2007 2985688 23762 Papa Kip Chee 1 2989029 Gosling's by itself would be fine, too, I think--but the ginger beer would probably make it great. I've had Maker's Mark, Applejack brandy, Myer's rum, and cinnamon schnapps in hot apple cider--all are delicious. Sat Sep 29 16:02:20 -0700 2007 2985688 14366 gina 1 3002353 I concur with the Goslings, but what we do when we can lay hands on some unpasteurized apple cider is simply leave it, cap slightly ajar, in the mudroom for a few days to go slightly hard. It becomes fizzy and crisp enough that I don't think you would need the ginger beer. Wed Oct 03 19:54:02 -0700 2007 2985688 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 3002474 I always just use brandy. And float a few orange slices in it for extra flavor. Wed Oct 03 20:34:14 -0700 2007 2985688 16602 lisaf