Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — Putting a Kick in Cider. [ARTICLE]

Putting a Kick in Cider.

Farmers in a western section of the country have found a way to “beat” the local opttbn laws. Thousands of gallons of cider were made in that section last fall, and the farmers have discovered that by running it through a cream separator the water is extracted, leaving little but the pure alcohol remaining. “It’s got an awful ‘kick,’” declared one farmer, who allowed his barrel of cider to sit in the warm November sun for two weeks before giving it the cream separator test. Since his discovery others are filling their cellars with jugs of the extracted juice to tide ’em ovfir the wlntei months.