Aged apple brandy is a spirit distilled from just 100% apples and aged in oak barrels for mellowing, development and integration of flavors. Aged apple brandy is made by fermenting fresh apples into a hard cider, which is then distilled. Post distillation, the spirit is aged in oak barrels.
Apple Brandy or Apple Jack are spirits distilled from apples then aged in barrels. Many cideries or distilleries from regions where apples are prevalent have been experimenting with an apple base. Apple base can vary based on the type of apples used and the place where it's used.
Apple Brandy comes from France. The most common Apple Brandy is called Calvados, which is the Normandy region of France where the liquor originated. Calvados is typically made with cider apples, but it can also be made with pears grown in the same region.Brandy is a general term for any spirit made through distilled wine. Apple brandy is made by distilling apple cider, technically a wine, or mash into a high-proof spirit.Brandy is distilled from the base wine in two phases. First, a large part of water and solids is removed from the base, obtaining so-called "low wine", a concentrated wine with 28–30% ABV. In the second stage, low wine is distilled into brandy.