American Brandy
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Germain-Robin Lock & Key Pick
About the Producer Germian-Robin is one of the original craft distilleries in the United States and produced one of the first high-end American brandies. The distillery was founded in 1982 by Ansley Coale, a history professor and rancher, and Hubert Germian-Robin, descendant of a small Cognac producing family, in Ukiah, CA. Apparently there was at…
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BrandyLab California Brandy
About the Producer This product is put out by O’Neil Vintners and Distillers and is distilled at their massive distillery in Parlier, CA. It addition to their giant wine operations they contract distill brandy or neutral spirits for other brands, the most prominent being Christian Bros and Coronet. As far as I am aware this…
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Beaver Pond Cherry 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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Beaver Pond Quince 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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Nashoba Valley Estate Grown Brandy
About the Producer This is an interesting one that sent me down an interesting rabbit hole of American brandies. My wife and I were surprised to find not just this brandy but a whole range of brandies when we visited Nashoba Valley winery earlier this year. When we asked about it the worker at the…
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Argonaut Fat Thumb 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…
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Westford Hill Distillers Strawberry 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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John Emerald Muscadine Brandy
About the producer: The John Emerald Distilling Company was founded in 2014 (or maybe 2015, saw competing facts online) in Opelika, AL about 1hr east of Montgomery. It seems like their flagship product is a malt whiskey that’s smoked with pecan and peach wood. The company claims this is the first legal AL whiskey since…
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Beaver Pond Slivovitz Plum 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 bear 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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Beaver Pond Nectarine 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 bear 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…