brandy apple, plum, pear, cherry
apple brandy is done french calvados style, representing a blend of over a dozen apple varieties and aged in toasted red wine barrels from a local finger lakes winery, to offer a completely different mouth feel and finish than most american spirits.
plum brandy, our nod to the little known slavic spirit, slivovtiz, is made with 100% heritage blue plums and fermented using the whole fruit. the final product never touches oak - instead it is rested in stainless steel or glass for 3-6 months and bottled at 80 proof. it smells strongly of plum and tastes like blue if colors had taste (or so our distiller says).
pear brandy rests in oldest former bourbon and applejack barrels for a little over 6 months, allowing the spirit to mature with wood extract. this allowed the spirit to pick up just a hint of honey on the taste, and a pale coloration that is reminiscent of the pears it was made from.
cherry brandy is made with estate grown montmorency tart cherries, known to improve sleep quality, as one of the few foods that contains natural melatonin and one of the very, very few that has enough to provide benefit. so grab a nightcap of cherry brandy, and enjoy a great night’s rest.