Brandy

These are our picks for the top 7 brandies for Christmas 2025! A glass of brandy for Christmas is traditional. An elegant way to celebrate the big day, a good…

December 2, 2025Adam O'Connell

My love affair with Spain began on a language exchange to Madrid. From a boring suburban town near Watford, suddenly I was in the middle of one of the most…

May 3, 2024Henry Jeffreys

How many brandy or Cognac-based cocktails can you name? Better still, how many do you know how to make? Perhaps a few more once we’re done here… Brandy is the…

April 19, 2024Emma Symons

Brandy is a distilled and aged spirit made all over the world from all kinds of fermented fruit juices. It’s not just France and not just grapes. Globally, brandy exhibits…

April 15, 2024Adam O'Connell

Here’s something a bit unusual. A high quality pot still grape brandy that’s not from Cognac, Armagnac, or Jerez. It’s from Walthamstow. Introducing Burnt Faith British Brandy Batch 001! The…

July 18, 2023Henry Jeffreys

Today, we’re looking at the wide world of brandy, from innovative Cognacs, yes such things do exist, to English apple-based spirits. They’re all delicious neat or perfect if you’re looking…

March 18, 2021Henry Jeffreys

Today, we’re tasting one of the world’s great brandies and it’s not from Cognac. No, it’s not from Armagnac either. It’s not from France, or even from Europe. It’s from…

October 12, 2020Henry Jeffreys

We were lucky enough to be invited over to the fourth London Armagnac Academy, a yearly one day masterclass telling all about the somewhat-overlooked brandy. Here’s what we learned… We…

January 8, 2020Jess Williamson

Need to decompress after all the Black Friday sales hubbub? We’ve got just the thing – it’s The Nightcap! If you find yourself exclaiming out loud “How on earth did…

November 29, 2019Master of Malt

As some pioneering producers peer into the future for creative inspiration, others have chosen to look to the past, revisiting beloved booze categories favoured by previous generations. We look at…

October 17, 2019Annie Hayes

Not only is Calvados one of France’s best-kept secrets, it’s also one of the most sustainable spirits in the world. We get the low-down on this unjustly neglected brandy as…

June 3, 2019Annie Hayes

California’s St George Spirits knows no bounds when it comes to distilling invention. We travel to Alameda to meet the team. Across the Bay from the contrasts of San Francisco…

March 19, 2019Kristiane Sherry

This week we’re making a drink that appears simple but needs precision to pull off successfully, plus having a look at brandy’s rich cocktail history. When mixing drinks, most of…

February 6, 2019Henry Jeffreys

Indulge yourselves in the final days of autumn in style with this fantastic selection of French brandies… Autumn means the days are shorter, colder and darker. But this is nothing…

November 14, 2018Adam O'Connell

Armagnac is a French brandy with a longer history than its famous cousin Cognac Single distilled in continuous alambic to lower abv for richer, more full-bodied spirit Bas-Armagnac area has…

June 16, 2016Jake Mountain

Yesterday saw the World’s Best whiskies and spirits crowned at the World Drinks Awards, including the World Whiskies Awards. Before we get into the results though, some good news! Drinks…

March 18, 2016Master of Malt