G'day Guy's,
Early last year I tried this out and the results are outstanding to say the least, now for members with a T500 with the pot still attachment this would work a treat.
As I make apple cider as a shed drink which is bery nice on a hot day when cooled on ice, I always leave about 3 litres in the fermenter so i can do a series of strip runs to get enough low wines to do a spirit run using my MiniMe pot still. Then I water it down to 65% and put it down in a moccano jar with some toasted/charred French Oak. That first batch was left for 7 months to age and with the few people that have tasted reckons it is a winner and they love the smooth tasting and the after taste which is just sublime. :obscene-drinkingdrunk:
Now if one was to this with a 25 litre boiler a 50 litre cider ferment would be the go then after 2 strip runs the spirit run should produce a good yield of product to age with several bottles to enjoy after aging.
The old adage of hurry up and wait does apply to this recipe so if one does make apple cider as a drink it may pay to dabble in distilling a batch.
Cheers Bryan