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Calvados

An apple brandy - distilled cider, aged in acacia. The refined step up from a simple cider.

Recipe

Property Value
Ingredients 12 apple
Ferment 16 minutes
Distill 3 runs
Barrel & age Acacia · 6 years (~2 hrs)
Difficulty 5 / 10
Alcohol ~14%

Brands by quality

The closer you follow the recipe, the better the bottle - and the brand changes with it:

  • Boulard
  • ⭐⭐ Père Magloire
  • ⭐⭐⭐ Christian Drouin

In-game the bottle is named after the brand, with Apple Brandy shown on the line beneath.

Get it wrong and it turns sour like acid; nail it for a smooth Calvados.

Recipe config

The exact BreweryX recipes.yml entry for this drink:

apple_liquor:
  name: Boulard/Père Magloire/Christian Drouin
  ingredients:
  - APPLE/12
  cookingtime: 16
  distillruns: 3
  wood: 5
  age: 6
  color: BRIGHT_RED
  difficulty: 5
  alcohol: 14
  lore:
  - '&7Apple Brandy'