brandy

noun bran·dy \ ˈbran-dē \

Updated on: 16 May 2018

Definition of brandy

plural brandies

: an alcoholic beverage distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

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Recent Examples of brandy from the Web

Plus, there’s a lot more to this weird desert brandy than the backbone of your margarita.

— max falkowitz, GQ, "How to Buy Better Tequila That Won’t Give You Bad College Flashbacks," 3 May 2018
But now, with juice consumption on the decline and a few bumper-crop years, New York’s grape farmers are struggling, trying to come up with alternatives beyond juice, such as fruit jerky or a new brandy.

— melanie grayce west, WSJ, "N.Y. Grape Growers, Squeezed by Low Demand, Look Beyond Juice," 30 Apr. 2018
Two weeks later, Longjaw couldn't find his Thunderbird, a citrus wine fortified with brandy that often sold for a dollar or two a bottle.

— special to the oregonian, OregonLive.com, "Oregon failed to protect public from killer found 'guilty except for insanity'," 25 Apr. 2018
The Cr&ftwerks line is brandy aged in different barrels previously used for various beers and spirits.

— dana mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, "Airbnb guests think these are the best places to eat and drink in Louisville," 24 Apr. 2018
The trip wraps up in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, with stops at a turquoise-and-gold-domed Shia mosque, a Urartian hilltop fortress, and a distillery that reportedly made one of Winston Churchill’s favorite brandies.

— ashlea halpern, The Cut, "12 Epic, All-Inclusive Honeymoon Itineraries," 11 Apr. 2018
Ebel said the company also owns 20 acres of land in Warrenville stocked with sugar maples and will partner with a friend in DeKalb who has an apple orchard to make a maple apply brandy.

— david sharos, Aurora Beacon-News, "Longtime craft beer company Two Brothers is now in the liquor game," 16 Mar. 2018
Owner Miguel Torres, who with his family also owns El Balconcito and El Balconcito II in Northeast Philadelphia (two Peruvian-Portuguese hybrids), has set up a second-floor bar devoted to pisco, the South American brandy.

— michael klein, Philly.com, "Vista Peru to open Friday in Old City, ushering in a new era," 19 Feb. 2018
The bar does its own thing, too, with some cocktail classics, like a brandy Old Fashioned made with blood orange, or a fruity but balanced Manhattan goosed with apple schnapps.

— carol deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "New Orleans meets supper club at Edgewater in Pewaukee," 17 Apr. 2018

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