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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

Cheers

What goes up must come down, and thats been the case with the brandy and Cognac category. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% Just one of the leading brands, Sazeracs Paul Masson brandy, posted growth in 2023, and that was a scant 0.3% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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Valentine’s Day Boozy Desserts

Imbibe Magazine

Chocolate Brandy Sabayn This chocolate mousse gets a boozy boost with a dose of brandy. Bourbon and Maple Chocolate Truffles A show-stopping holiday treat. Campari Shake Chocolate not your thing? Head towards the more bitter end of the spectrum with this boozy milkshake.

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Review: Lilith Apple Brandy

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Lilith Apple Brandy is “named for and inspired by Lilith, the fabled figure known as the first woman ever created and the first wife of Adam – an equal to man, refusing to be treated less than, and whose resounding strength and influence has spanned several millennia.” Almost all of them. 100 proof.

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Review: Clear Creek Pear Brandy and Apple Brandy 2 Years Old (2024)

Drinkhacker

We’ve barely scratched the surface on Oregon-based Clear Creek Distillery’s many brandies and liqueurs, but today we’re taking a look at a pear of them. The aroma is even more restrained on this brandy, with soft notes of vanilla taffy and green apple Jolly Ranchers in equal measure. Ha, see what I did there? Thoughts follow.

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Review: Napa Valley Brandy Co. Solera Gold

Drinkhacker

Solera Gold is a new brandy from Napa Valley Brandy Co., which in itself is a new entrant into the burgeoning world of California brandy. The brandy is unusually made from cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes, harvested from Napa’s Coombsville AVA. California brandies can be exceptional.

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Review: The Calistoga Star California Brandy 7 Years Old

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The Calistoga Star is a more expected offering from the notable winemaker — a brandy made from California wine grapes, named in honor of San Francisco’s first newspaper, The California Star. Its owner, Samuel Brannan, was also a prolific brandy distiller.) Let’s try it. Nothing fancy, but it grows on you.

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Review: Saison De Frai Smoked Trout Flavored Brandy

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New Hampshire’s Tamworth Distilling, the company behind graveyard tree-sap infused rye , crab whiskey , and a famed venison-flavored whiskey , is back with yet another novelty, this time a brandy, infused with the flavor of smoked trout. Or, more accurately, a trout distillate flavored with apple brandy.

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