apple brandy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of apple brandy
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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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
But delicate, fragrant fruit brandies, including Quarter Branch apple brandy, are Ms. Harris’s passion.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021
For fall, the distillery — three miles from the Mount Vernon estate but still part of the attraction — is showing how apple brandy is made.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016
Dinner, served in the vaulted medieval dining room, might be a fish stew, ham cooked in cider, orange segments in fennel and a splash of the local Calvados apple brandy in the sauce.
From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2016
She made what she called a Robert E. Lee punch out of apple brandy and stuff.
From Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz by Kountz, William J.
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