Update on Apple, Cinnamon.

Well, today was the day to change out the apples in my apple experiment, so I was feeling bloggy and took pictures along the way.


The first batch of apples was brown and gross, as expected, so first I threw those out and was left with a yellow-green jar of murky apple vodka.


I wanted to filter out the floating apple fibers before adding the new apples, so I clipped a coffee filter (props to Daniel for the clip idea) to the jar and poured the vodka through. which took forever.


Then it was time to cut the apple.


I cut my apples into sixteenths, because they're huge, and I figure the more surface area the better. The guys at Infusions of Grandeur used a granny smith apple for the duration of their experiment, but complained about a slight, though not unpleasant, sourness. To avoid this, I first decided to use my favorite eating apple, the Golden Delicious. Then Bryan suggested that I use several different types of apples, like in an apple pie. So for the next four days I'll be using a Granny Smith apple, then maybe I'll use a Fuji and a Gala. Or a Pink Lady. Maybe a Rome. But never a Red Delicious, because they are disgusting and taste like rotten plums, and the last time I checked I wasn't making rotten plum vodka.

Anyway, so I put the cut apple into my jar and poured the filtered vodka right over top.

You'll notice a loss of volume here, which was certainly lost in the discarded apples and the coffee filter, but losing an ounce or two isn't all that bad. In case anybody is wondering, yes I tasted it. The taste is still strongly of vodka with a hint of apple in the back end. So here's hoping that in a few days time the harshness of vodka begins to die.

An update on the Cinnamon Experiment

The Cinnamon vodka is looking great, and its color is getting darker each day. Check my earlier post to see the color after 12 hours.
The taste is very heavy of cinnamon at first, with vodka following, and I'm almost worried about how heavy the cinnamon flavor is. I'll try it again in a few days and form a plan then.