Spirits

Brandy

Grape brandy in its everyday form — fruit-forward and warming. It anchors dessert-leaning drinks like the Brandy Alexander and fortifies a pitcher of Sangria.

A spirit that appears in 12 of the catalog's 255 drinks.

In the catalog

Sangria Spain's fruity pitcher

Brandy Alexander Cognac as dessert

Tom and Jerry Midwest Christmas

Brandy Crusta The original sour

Fog Cutter Tiki's death wish

Horse's Neck Bourbon and ginger

Picon Punch Basque bitter highball

Porto Flip Egg-and-port nightcap

Suffering Bastard Hangover's old enemy

Apple Toddy Jerry Thomas's warmer

Brandy Milk Punch French Quarter brunch

Wassail (Spiked) Waes hael

From the reading room

Spirits The base spirit, and the four the catalog leans on