Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Growing up in Monmouth County, it was hard to miss the Laird name. As a young boy, my grandfather presented me with a ceramic figurine of a Revolutionary War soldier. Only later did I realize that the ...

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, MI — A Michigan distiller is going to market this fall with what’s believed to be the state’s first distributed variety of applejack, a type of apple brandy once favored by George ...

Have you heard of it before? Seen someone order it? Had a bartender regale you with its history? If not, allow me. The Applejack Rabbit dates back to the dark days of Prohibition and highlights apple ...

From the Blue Ridge Mountains to Vermont, new distillers are reviving a drink that vanished during Prohibition, giving it the age and polish of a fine brandy. Becky Harris, a founder and the head ...