The problem with winter is that you can be done with it long before it’s done with you. For me, it always hits around mid-February: That feeling when you wake up and with heavy lids look outside to ...

Apple-based spirits don’t get the respect they deserve. Sure, ardent fans appreciate their versatility in cocktails and how delicious they can be when sipped on their own. But their grape-based ...

Any bottle can look promising on the shelf, but we did the research for you and found six brandies that are better left out ...

Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits educator, in addition to Food & Wine she is also the senior editor of Liquor.com.

Apple gravy begins as sauteed apples caramelized in butter and turns into a sauce with surprising depth and subtle sweetness, thanks to a glug of apple brandy and a base of rich beef broth. The fruit ...

For the last few days, my throat has felt like a slow-burning coal fire. I don’t think I’m alone; hacks and sniffles and woeful looks are so plentiful that it’s a miracle anything is getting done.

Watershed Distillery’s Apple Brandy is both modern and historic — a nod to Ohio’s agricultural roots and America’s early distilling traditions. Oddly enough, the idea started with vodka, explained ...

In 2023, when a late-spring frost devastated many Vermont apple orchards, Shelburne Orchards was among the few spared. Not so this year. The popular pick-your-own orchard lost about 80 percent of its ...