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Cocktails Fit for a Holiday Feast

Imbibe Magazine

Although the holiday brings together friends and family and boasts arguably the most dishes of any holiday, it doesn’t offer a specific drink to complement the feast, so we pulled together cocktails that feature digestifs as well as seasonal ingredients and cozy flavors perfect for pre-, mid-, and after-dinner enjoyment.

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GSN Review: Single Barrel Reserve Apple Brandy Barrel Finished Bourbon

Good Spirits News

This unique spirit has been aged 2 years in an American White Oak Barrel, then matured for another 2 and a half years in a freshly harvested Apple Brandy barrel. The apple brandy cask rounds out the edges of the bourbon, transforming it in a lovely dessert-like spirit akin to an after dinner digestif.

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8 to Try: Giftable Liqueurs

Imbibe Magazine

Made in Austria for three generations by the Purkhart family, Nux Alpina steeps fresh green walnuts in brandy and then infuses the spirit with spices and alpine botanicals. It’s a natural match with brown spirits or sipped solo after dinner as a digestif.

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Bardinet returns to its roots for Inspirations launch by creating iconic French ‘Desserts in a glass’

Bar Magazine

French style brandy, Bardinet, is celebrating the latest addition to its range – Bardinet Inspirations – with a decadent new series of cocktails, each re-creating the flavours of iconic French desserts ‘in a glass’. The brandy which takes his name is crafted with the same passion today.

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The 7 Best Liqueurs to Gift This Holiday (2023)

VinePair

They make great digestifs, aperitifs, and low-ABV shots, and they can take cocktails from so-so to phenomenal. Made from pear brandy and infused with pear juice, cloves, Saigon cinnamon, and cane sugar, this liqueur opens up with baking spice and gingerbread aromas followed up by a smooth dose of peak-season Bartlett pear on the palate.

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The 15 Best Brandy Cocktails

VinePair

Let’s face it: Brandy isn’t exactly hot right now. But when it comes down to it, brandy is just distilled wine made from grapes, apples, pears, and the like. Pisco, found in Peru and Chile, is unaged brandy made from grapes, so it’s clearer in color compared to aged versions. See Recipe The Japanese Cocktail Created in the U.S.,

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The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

Drinkhacker

-RT Sangria 1 bottle of Gamay, Zinfandel, or Garnacha wine (note: it’s okay to go cheap here) 1/2 cup brandy 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1 tablespoon of sugar summer fruits of choice (start with lemons, limes, and oranges), quartered Vigorously mix the juice, sugar, and cut fruit together in a large container. Add wine and brandy and stir well.