Laird's Straight Apple Brandy Bottled in Bond

750ml bottle

50% abv

Don't be fooled by the less expensive blended variety. This is the real deal and is 100% aged apple brandy, none of the neutral stuff. Apple Jack is America's Calvados, although you must only have the straight apple brandy to avoid the blends. This is a necessity for anyone creating an authentic bar. And if you don't have what it takes to make a delicious Jack Rose cocktail, or a Calvados Cocktail, then you don't have an authentic bar. Laird's is the Rittenhouse Rye of apple distillates. The bottled in bond is finally back!

LAIRD & COMPANY
The story of Laird's begins in 1698 when Scotsman William Laird settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey and began producing apple brandy. William's great-grandson Robert Laird served in in the Revolutionary War under George Washington, and the Laird family supplied the troops with Applejack. Historical records show that, prior to 1760, George Washington wrote to the Laird family requesting their recipe for producing Applejack, which the Laird family gladly supplied. Entries appear in Washington's diary in the 1760s regarding his production of "cyder spirits"; he remains the only outsider to secure the family formula. Robert incorporated Laird's Distillery in 1780 as the new nation's first licensed commercial distillery, receiving License No. 1 from the U.S. Department of Treasury

In the early 1900s, the company was able to stay in operation during prohibition by producing other apple products, such as sweet cider and applesauce. In 1933, Laird & Company was the only distillery to be granted a federal license under the Prohibition Act to legally distill alcohol for medicinal purposes, allowing the company to re-open the distillery. This allowed the company to have aged inventories of Applejack available immediately after the repeal of Prohibition. Since prohibition Laird and Company has produced something in excess of 95 percent of all Applejack-Apple Brandy sold in this country. For almost 300 years, the art of producing Applejack has been passed down through succeeding generations of the Laird family, as they are now America's oldest family of distillers and only producer of Applejack.