pupelo
An obscure American dialectal term for cider brandy or applejack — the fiery, fermented-apple spirit that was a staple of rural American homesteads.
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An obscure American dialectal term for cider brandy or applejack — the fiery, fermented-apple spirit that was a staple of rural American homesteads. Pupelo sits in the same dusty folk-vocabulary drawer as moonshine and white lightning, referencing a homemade or rustic booze culture that predates commercial liquor distribution. Though rarely heard today, it pops up in old regional glossaries as a colorful local name for the same potent apple hooch.
My grandfather used to brew what he called pupelo out back every autumn when the apples came in.
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(US, dialect) cider brandy; applejack.
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