OUR TORPEDO JUICE PROCESS

Torpedo juice comes from an interesting piece of U.S. military history. In the early days of World War 2, torpedoes were powered by steam engines fueled by 180 proof alcohol. Needless to say, it did not take long for ingenious sailors to discover they could re-distill and filter this torpedo fuel to make is safe for human consumption. However, to make this concoction more palatable, they mixed in pineapples and “Torpedo Juice” was born.

Our version of Torpedo Juice is similar to the original version where distilled spirits are filtered, then mixed with pineapple puree and bottled. We do a little extra filtration during bottling to prevent most of the fruit from going into the bottles, yet each bottle will over time gain sediment as the remaining pineapple that creates the color and flavor settles to the bottom.

DISTILLER’S NOTES

The creation of our Torpedo Juice was a battle between staying true to the original methods and whether more scientific methods would create a better product. In the end, the new procedure created a very similar project to the original, thus we decided to stick to the original as closely as possible.