Fruit brandy named after their region of origin and base ingredients. For example: "Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser" (cherry spirit of the Black Forest), "Framboise d'Alsace" (raspberry of Alsace), "Aprikot dell'Alto Adige" (apricot of South Tyrol), etc. They are often regulated more strictly than generic fruit spirits; other than limiting their region of origin, restrictions may include fruit variants, mashing and fermenting technology, distilling apparatus, barrel aging, etc. Among the better known fruit brandies are: Fruit brandy Fruit brandy or fruit spirit is a distilled beverage produced from mash, juice, wine or residues of edible fruits. The term covers a broad class of spirits produced
Brandy Colbert Brandy Colbert Brandy Colbert is an American author of young adult fiction and non-fiction. Colbert was born and raised in the Ozarks, in Springfield, Missouri. The works of Dorothy West, Barthe DeClements, Jesmyn Ward, Colson Whitehead, and Zadie Smith were impactful to her writing career. She began working on what would be her debut novel, "Pointe", in 2009, inspired by reports of long-term kidnapping cases. Her debut young adult "Pointe", following a teen dancer in suburban Chicago who has to come to terms with her dark past, was published in 2014 by Putnam. It received a starred review from Publishers