I'm gonna have to say a brandy although some would probably say rye. But rye is a whiskey that was invented in the 1600s and I know Vermont used to make brandy out of fermented apple cider...
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Apple Jack is America's oldest native distilled spirit dating back as far as the 1700's.
applejack, brandy is made by distilling hard cider or fermented apple pomace. Another method of making applejack, now rarely used, is to let fermented cider freeze and then to remove the ice. It was one of the most popular drinks among the early settlers of North America and remained so for a long time in rural areas.
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Whiskey and other distilled spirits, such as rum, played an important role in both the American colonies and in the new American republic. As early as 1657, a rum distillery was operating in Boston. --- After rum's development in the Caribbean, the drink's popularity spread to Colonial America. To support the demand for the drink, the first rum distillery in the colonies was set up in 1664 on current day Staten Island. Boston, Massachusetts had a distillery three years later.[7] The manufacture of rum became early Colonial New England's largest and most prosperous industry. The rum produced there was quite popular, and was even considered the best in the world during much of the 18th century. Rhode Island rum even joined gold as an accepted currency in Europe for a period of time.[8] - Wikipedia --- Not only the English but especially Scottish and Irish settlers didn’t want to miss their whisk(e)y in their new homeland. Since the American continent was settled first in Central America and the Caribbean, rum dominated as the spirit in North America. Famous families like the Roosevelts (they placed two US presidents) built up their wealth at the beginning of the 17th century by the distillation of imported molasses (Caribbean rum). - The Whisky Store --- Public drunkeness was such a problem by 1675 that laws were passed. (Interestingly, there was also a law that required the establishment of a public house and furnish "strong water."
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