apple brandy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of apple brandy
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Today, the distillery continues to make applejack and apple brandy, as well a range of other spirits and related products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
He recommends Armagnac or apple brandy, but if that's not something you typically keep around, I suggest rum rather than buying a bottle of something you won't otherwise enjoy.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
Plum and peach pits, and the pips and stems of apples and pears, along with locally foraged ingredients like dandelion and tree bark, steep in a base of apple brandy from Orcas Island Distillery.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
But delicate, fragrant fruit brandies, including Quarter Branch apple brandy, are Ms. Harris’s passion.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
To poor soldiers like us, who, for years, had hardly quenched our thirst on any thing better than water or apple brandy grog, this was a sight immensely refreshing.
From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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