Crossword clues for brandy
brandy
- Alcoholic spirit
- Alcoholic drink
- Snifter's contents, perhaps
- Snifter stuff
- Postprandial quaff
- What a hero must drink, according to Dr Johnson
- St. Bernard's supply
- Spirit in a Vieux Carré
- Snifter's contents
- Saint Bernard's largesse
- Fruit-based liquor
- Distilled wine
- Distilled spirit
- Cognac, e.g
- Cognac or Calvados
- Cognac or applejack, e.g
- "Sittin' Up in My Room" singer
- "Have You Ever?" singer whose last name is Norwood
- Crisp ginger biscuit
- Sweet and spicy food: wanting it with coating of saffron in bread
- Drink on break, and a crisp biscuit
- Snifter's contents, maybe
- Part of a B and B
- Eggnog ingredient, maybe
- Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- Stinger ingredient
- R & B singer with a hit 1990s sitcom
- Snifter contents
- After-dinner quaff
- Drink
- Eau de vie
- Strong spirit
- Strong drink makes bishop up for it
- Spirit shown by bishop in the mood for it
- Samuel Johnson's drink fit for heroes
- Andrew associated with British spirit
- Bowed, seeing Queen come in for a snifter?
- Initially beau gagging for it - that’s fine maybe
- Hero's drink of choice?
- Drink provided by bachelor of lustful nature
- Democrat in New York bolstering supporter's spirit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brandy \Bran"dy\, n.; pl. Brandies. [From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, abbreviation of brandywine (1620s) from Dutch brandewijn "burnt wine," so called because it is distilled (compare German cognate Branntwein and Czech palenka "brandy," from paliti "to burn"). The Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle, supposedly so named by the Dutch for the color of its waters.
Wiktionary
alt. (given name female from=English) derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s. n. (given name female from=English) derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
WordNet
n. distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
Wikipedia
Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn, "gebrande wijn" "burned wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks, some are coloured with caramel colouring to imitate the effect of aging, and some brandies are produced using a combination of both aging and colouring.
In broader sense, the term "brandy" also denotes liquors obtained from distillation of pomace ( pomace brandy) or mash or wine of any other fruit ( fruit brandy). These products are also named eaux-de-vie.
Varieties of wine brandy can be found across the winemaking world. Among the most renowned are Cognac and Armagnac from Southwestern France.
Brandy is the self-titled debut album by American R&B singer Brandy. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 27, 1994 in North America, December 5 in the United Kingdom and on several dates in Europe and Oceania, starting on February 3, 1995. The album contains a range of contemporary genres, and the songs are a mix of soft hip hop soul, pop and contemporary mid–1990s R&B. They were chiefly produced by Keith Crouch who would contribute all four single releases from the album. Aside from Crouch, Norwood worked with a range of other writers and producers, including R&B group Somethin' for the People, Arvel McClinton, and Damon Thomas and young Robin Thicke.
Upon release, Brandy received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented Norwood's appearance, as well as the album's timeless appeal. It became a commercial success as well. While initial sales were slow, the album reached the top 20 of the US Billboard 200 was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over two million copies in the United States. It experienced similar success in Australia and Canada, where it was platinum and gold respectively. Worldwide, the album has sold over six million copies.
Four singles were released from the album, two of which became number-one hits on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles. " I Wanna Be Down" was chosen as the album's lead single, reaching the top ten in the United States and the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand. The song was critically lauded, and was regarded as a standout track on Brandy. The album's second single, " Baby" was also well received and charted even higher. With the following two singles, " Best Friend" and " Brokenhearted" also reaching the top ten in the US, Norwood established herself as one of the most successful of the new breed of urban R&B female vocalists to emerge during the mid-to late 1990s. It also garnered Norwood two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and one for the album's second single, " Baby" for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996.
Brandy is an alcoholic beverage made by wine distillation. Related drinks include
- Pomace brandy
- Fruit brandy
Brandy may also refer to:
- Brandy (given name), a given female name
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" is a 1972 pop song written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by Lurie's band, Looking Glass, on their debut album Looking Glass. The single reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts, remaining in the top position for one week. Billboard ranked it as the 12th biggest song of 1972. Horns and strings were arranged by Larry Fallon.
Brandy is a feminine given name. It is possible that the name is derived from the Dutch language brandewijn, meaning " brandy wine", or "brandewine"; however, it is more likely a feminine form of Brandon.
Usage examples of "brandy".
Ulrich, in turn, recovered his senses, but as he felt faint with terror, he went and got a bottle of brandy out of the sideboard, and he drank off several glasses, one after anther, at a gulp.
The brandy came, and Mister Gosling, with a reproachful look at Barnacle, poured it over his bleeding arm.
In the Santa Barbara hacienda, Brandy and me found Benzedrine and Dexedrine and old Quaaludes and Soma and some Dialose capsules that turned out to be a fecal softener.
The stopper popped open with a soft plop and Brett sniffed the brandy appreciatively before he poured a hefty draught into a silver cup.
Ohara popped them onto his face and then rapidly poured a prairie oyster, a bromo and a cup of black coffee laced with brandy into him.
Tahiti Benoit poured herself an Alphard brandy, then sat back in her chair and examined the holograph of the two enormous tusks that hung, suspended in space and time, above her computer.
He opened it and found Malar Enares standing there, holding a tray upon which rested a bottle of brandy and two crystal goblets.
Lord get me two bottles of brandy, a long knife, a curved marlinspike, and a ball of spun yarn.
They lunched at the Glenmoriston Hotel, talking happily about a variety of subjects while they ate smoked salmon flan, steak and kidney pie, and followed these with pears stuffed with marrons glacis and covered with a brandy flavoured cream.
When white-trash high school girls are going on a date in the Metaverse, they invariably run down to the computer-games section of the local Wal-Mart and buy a copy of Brandy.
Prettiman still bearing the brandy, Milord bore the girl up the stairway and along the corridor to a small room at the back of the house.
Brandy would be there, of course, and he determined that he must speak to her, if for naught else to assure himself that she was not mortified by her behavior.
In the rear seats of the gefcar, Moryn and Olane relaxed, drank brandy, watched the mountains and moors of Cumberland flash by, looked ahead towards Scotland, impatient to reach the Southern Uplands the beginning of regressive country.
They are drinking Victory Punch, compounded of paregoric, Spanish Fly, heavy black rum, Napoleon brandy and canned heat.
Maigret had noticed on coming in was the table in the center of the room, on which stood an electric percolator, a cup with a little coffee left in it, a sugar bowl, and a bottle of brandy.