apple brandy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of apple brandy
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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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
They use 40 varieties of apples from local pesticide-free apple orchards to create this fresh, fruity apple brandy, aged in French oak barrels for two years.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2021
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
The prevalent treatment is an emetic, followed by large doses of apple brandy and honey; then oil to open the bowels.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
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