peach brandy

American  

noun

1. brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.

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peach brandy British  

noun

1. (esp in S. Africa) a brandy made from fermented peaches

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Etymology

Origin of peach brandy

An Americanism dating back to 1705–15

Example Sentences

Hinckley dressed like Bickle, collected firearms like him, kept a diary like him, even drank peach brandy like him.

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2019

And — in a development that Wondrich says makes him “happier than anything” — a few distilleries are now making real peach brandy.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2015

However she still made Sicilian specialties — peach brandy, canned tomatoes and sauce, foraged burdock patties — in part to save money, but also as much to preserve her culinary heritage.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2014

Hinckley so identified with the film's anti-hero that he bought an Army fatigue jacket and took to drinking peach brandy, as did De Niro's character.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Lord Oakhurst's will, bequeathing all his property to a scientific institution which should have for its object the invention of a means for extracting peach brandy from sawdust.

From Rolling Stones by Henry, O.