American Brandy
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Tamworth Garden VSOP Apple Brandy
About the Producer Tamworth Distilling has gained infamy in the last few years for their extremely odd flavored products including goose, crab and venison flavored whiskeys and corpse flower and durian flavored brandies. At leas they like to keep things interesting. Beyond that though they produce more traditional spirits like fruit cordials, several whiskeys and…
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Two James Spirits Apple Brandy
About the Producer Two James Spirits is a small distillery in Detroit founded by David Landrum in 2013. This technically makes it the oldest craft distillery in Detroit proper although Valentine Distilling in nearby Ferndale is a few years older. Two James is really a small operation with the entire distillery being just a few…
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American Fifth Spirits Apple Brandy
About the Producer American Fifth Spirits is a micro distillery opened in Lansing, MI in 2015. While they do produce sell their spirits by the bottle at local stores, the main draw is their excellent cocktail bar which is probably the best in the area. Their main products appear to be a series of bourbon…
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Westford Hills Kirsch Brandy
About the Producer Westford Hill Distillers was founded in 1997 in Ashford, CT. At >25 years old the distillery is ancient by craft distillery standards; the distillery claims they were the first craft distillery east of the Mississippi. They have historically made a whole range of fruit brandies including pear, cherry, raspberry, strawberry and aged…
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Copper and Kings Craftwerks Jacks Abby Baby Maker Finished Brandy
About the Producer Copper and Kings of Louisville, KY is one of the most prominent craft brandy producers in the US. They go after a very bourbony profile with aging in ex-bourbon barrels and new charred oak and they are even on the KY Bourbon Trail. Copper and Kings uses exclusively pot distillation and in…
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Copper & Kings Bottle Your Own French Colombard
About the Producer Copper and Kings of Louisville, KY is one of the most prominent craft brandy producers in the US. They go after a very bourbony profile with aging in ex-bourbon barrels and new charred oak and they are even on the KY Bourbon Trail. Copper and Kings uses exclusively pot distillation and in…
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Journeyman Fine Girl Brandy
About the Producer Journeyman is a larger craft distillery out of Three Oaks, MI that is primarily known for their whiskey and especially their rye and wheat whiskeys. They are one of the earlier craft distilleries in MI, I had one of their whiskeys early on and hated it but went to the distillery and…
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Clear Creek Pot Still Brandy
About the Producer Clear Creek Distillery was one of the first craft distillers, founded in 1985 in by Stephen McCarthy with the goal of producing eau-de-vies. To this day their most popular product is pear eau-de-vie made from Oregon pears. Clear Creek was bought out by Hood River Distillers in 2014 and moved from their…
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Beaver Pond Gala Apple Brandy
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…
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Argonaut Saloon Strength California Brandy
About the Producer Argonaut is an interesting brand. It is the mid-tier brandy label for E&J Gallo, the largest wine producer in the world which accounts for an estimated 3% of the world’s wine production. In addition to wine, E&J produces several brandies beyond Argonaut; E&J , the largest American brandy brand, and Germain-Robin, one…