About the Producer
Beaver Pond is a small distillery from central Massachusetts that specializes in producing brandy especially unaged eau-de-vie and aged apple, grape and peach brandies. There aren’t many details on the distillery out there and it doesn’t look like they typically allow visitors. What I did find out is that they source the majority of their fruit from MA with some, like apricot and cherries, from upstate NY. The distillery was started and is operated by a guy named Jerry Friedman, a former immigration lawyer who started the distillery as a second career.
Details
- 40% abv
- Unaged
- Fermented and distilled from NYS apricots
- Activated charcol filtered.
Nose
Apricots but has a bit of funk to it. Like overripe fruit funk. Not a bad thing but something to be aware of. Medium intensity and bone dry. Solid
Palate
Like the nose slightly funky apricots. This time more like dried fruit instead of the juice. Medium bodied and flavored; more than I would expect for 40%. Is a bit astringent like lemon pledge.
Finish
Medium with dried apricots.
Rating: 5
Overall
A solid apricot brandy but the astringency holds it back a bit. I like this a bit more than it’s biggest competitor R Jelinek apricot so if you get the chance pick this up.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect
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