catoctin creek apple brandy

Quarter Branch Apple Brandy started life as a collaboration between Catoctin Creek and Blue Bee Cidery in Richmond, Virginia. Courtney Mailey, the proprietor of this exciting apple cidery, brought us a nearly infinite supply of apple wine samples, from which we picked the perfect blend of heritage apples: Old Winesap, Arkansas Black, Albemarle Pippin, Stayman, with a tiny touch of Pink Lady. The fermented cider was distilled at Catoctin Creek, and then put away for two years in new Minnesota white oak casks, where they lovingly sat in our hot Virginia summers, cold Virginia winters, and soaked up every ounce of the wood inside the barrel. The result is a stunning apple brandy true to what our colonial ancestors would have enjoyed!