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- A Brief History of Persimmon BrandyIf there’s a topic that we haven’t covered yet, please send us those suggestions – they may become our next writing post! A Brief History of Persimmon Brandy All fruit will ferment. Expose the sugars of fruit to the air and naturally occurring yeasts will start to eat those sugars …
- Evaluating Spirits Chapter 1Today’s deep dive starts an exploration of aromas and flavors that you might encounter as you explore craft spirits. We’ll start the discussion with two common faults that can be found in all spirits but are most likely to occur in fruit brandy and can be surprising to producers of …
- The History of the Newtown Pippin AppleApples do not grow true. If you plant a Gravenstein apple seed (called a pip) the tree that results will not produce Gravenstein apples. It may share some similar traits with the parent apples but it will be its own unique type of apple. Most of the time this seedling …
- A Brief History of Sebastopol BrandyIn today’s newsletter deep dive we take a moment to reflect on local history and those who paved the way for us to do what we do. This is a rich topic with many rabbit holes to explore and we will certainly revisit it in the future, but today we …
- Thoughts on le Terroir de Calvados Part 2In our last newsletter we started an exploration of Calvados with a walk through the orchards and a look at the apples and fermentation of the cider that will become Calvados. Today we continue the study of the terroir of Calvados – moving from the cider to the distillation and …
- Thoughts on le Terroir de Calvados Part 1Today we have part one of a two part reflection on the Terroir of Calvados – the place, the producers, and the many details that make the apple spirits produced in a small region of Normandy unique. At Ambix Spirits we are seeking the terroir of Sonoma County. However, to …
- Alchemy Chat: Distillation DynamicsToday we explore the basics of distillation and the physics of how we turn 7% alcohol by volume (abv) Apple cider into 70% abv, which is the strength at which we collect our brandy. As an example, we will use our Newtown Pippin cider which fermented to 7.4% abv. The …
- Deep Dive: Why Ambix?As you know we like to nerd out with deep dives into the minutia of our craft. Today that deep dive is an exploration of history and the most common questions that we are asked at the tasting room. “Why Ambix?” The shortest but least satisfying answer is that an …