ISSUE 85, SPIRITS, Part 3: Old Peach Brandy
Old Peach Brandy
Because of the resurgence in bourbon making in our region, a rich recovery of the story of historic corn based spirits has taken place in the past decade. There was, however, another spirit that vied with corn whiskey and bourbon—and I don’t mean rye. Peach Brandy became a defining beverage of 19th-century America. While apple brandie…