apple brandy

American  

noun

1. applejack.

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Etymology

Origin of apple brandy

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

Example Sentences

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

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

Would not a quart of good apple brandy to each barrel of cider, made in this way, prevent any fermentation?

From The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States by McHarry, Samuel