Catoctin Creek Short Hill Mountain Peach Brandy

One of the few true peach brandies out there, Catoctin Creek Peach Brandy is a great value choice that works great in cocktails and neat. It comes in a 375ml bottle and well worth picking up if you see it. The nose features stone fruit, tobacco and some honeysuckle with the obvious peach notes. There is an underlying sweetness on the palate, almost like a peach cobbler, along with some grain notes. There is very little burn on the finish, just more sweet peach notes. The fact that there are so few peach brandies out there (and if you want to make a Fish House Punch it's pretty much mandatory) and the cost is very reasonable, I recommend this bottle. It may not blow you away neat, but I still think it has enough complexity to make it interesting and while many wouldn't want to spend over $30 for a 375ml bottle to use in cocktails, it definitely has elevated the cocktails that I have used it in.