VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2024

America has a sweet tooth, but when it comes to wine, many tend to avoid bottles with a high sugar content. But if you find a well-made, harmonious bottle, sweet wines can be some of the most complex and age-worthy wines in the world. In sweet wines, balance is key. There’s a bright pop of peppery, dark fruit on the nose.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

I expected that its story would be quite well documented, with perhaps a squabble over which exact bar in New Orleans had first mixed one, but instead, I opened a can of worms. Meanwhile, another New Orleans based businessman was importing brandy, specifically Sazerac-du-Forge et Fils cognac. How hard could it be?

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Brandy Bar Spoon Bitters Bartending 98

VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

That phenomenon eventually gave way to the advent of the flip in 1874, which was first documented as a shaken cocktail with a whole egg, sugar, brandy or gin , and garnished with nutmeg. Dean Swift Credit: Guinness For fans of mulled wine , Hot Toddies , and Irish Coffees , the Dean Swift has entered the hot cocktail conversation.

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Stout Simple Syrup Liqueur Vodka 128

VinePair

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s generally accepted that whisky distilling began in Scotland by way of monks who arrived on the isle, didn’t have wine grapes, and started using grain mash to make spirits. By the 1880s, phylloxera had wreaked havoc on wine, brandy , and Cognac production, so Scotch was poised for a boom.

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Bottling Rum Brandy Wine 111

Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

All the Ferrands were farmers, wine growers, connected to the earth and lived in the heart of Grande Champagne. This was the era of the invention of double distillation, which enabled the production of a better quality of brandy: cognac. The first of the main branch of Ferrands was named Elie.

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Brandy Wine Liqueur 52

Barina Craft

MARCH 28, 2023

Some mixologists suggest that the French 75 was first made with brandy, not gin, which would certainly be more in line with the tastes of the French. 5 As for being made with brandy, the “75” drink recipe was first made with brandy and gin. French 85 - brandy based along with other similar drinks listed as French 125.

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Brandy Gin Simple Syrup Liqueur 52

The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Origins of Cognac Cognac, a drink synonymous with French heritage, traces its origins to brandewijn, or brandy. This spirit was first created in the 16th century when Dutch traders visiting Poitou began distilling French wines to preserve them for transport and trade across Europe.

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Brandy Bitters Bottling Whiskey 98