The milk punch is a brandy cocktail that dates back to the 1700s, with a recipe recorded by Benjamin Franklin. By the time the 19th century rolled around, American mixology had entered its heyday ...

The Gin Blossom is a Martini made with gin, apricot eau-de-vie, and blanc vermouth. The drink was invented by legendary ...

Cognac is a type of French brandy, made from acidic white wine and produced in very restricted regions in France. It's delicious in all kinds of cocktails, is wonderful as a sauce for steak and ...

While a spirit like brandy may seem better left for those who tinker with potions at fancy craft cocktail bars, it's far more approachable than it seems at first glance. (Brandy was actually ...

The Apple Jack Cocktail is one of these. It starts with apple brandy—a spirit distilled from apples and aged in oak barrels, the orchard equivalent of a vineyard’s Cognac, and made for ...

Apple brandy is one of the world’s oldest spirits, and it’s making a long-overdue comeback, thanks to inventive bartenders mixing it up in new—and old—ways. First, an explanation ...

For parties or any type of seasonal entertaining, I like a cocktail that gets poured together ... while the cherry brandy brings a tongue-in-cheek touch of great-aunt’s tipple and the ginger ...

The Apple Jack Cocktail is one of these. It starts with apple brandy—a spirit distilled from apples and aged in oak barrels, the orchard equivalent of a vineyard’s Cognac, and made for hundreds of ...