Barber Lee Apple Brandy (75cl, 42%)

Barber Lee Apple Brandy is an American-style apple brandy from Barber Lee Spirits in Petaluma, California. It is fermented and double distilled from fresh-squeezed Gravenstein apples grown in coastal Sonoma County, then aged in new heavy char barrels. Gravenstein is Sonoma's native apple, celebrated at the local Gravenstein Apple Fair. The distillery's tasting note gives high notes of fresh-cut apples with cedar spice from the oak. The wood label shows a two-headed snake biting an apple, a nod to the distillery's copper still, 'The Two Headed Monster'. It is not Calvados, and there is no French grade system such as VSOP or XO. Enjoy neat or on a large cube; it also makes a Jack Rose or a fall Old Fashioned with apple bitters.