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John Emerald - Leslie's Muscadine Brandy
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John Emerald - Leslie's Muscadine Brandy

 
by John Emerald
$58.99 - $58.99
$58.99
$58.99 - $58.99
$58.99

Leslie's Muscadine Brandy is one of (if not the) only muscadine brandy in the world. It is named for the founders great grandfather, Leslie Snodgrass. Distilled from locally sourced muscadine grapes, Batch distilled, and aged for 3 years in once used quarter cask, single malt whiskey barrels.

Tasting notes

The palate offers notes of caramel and dried fruit with a distinct muscadine flavor (earthy fruit) and a mild heat. It finishes with a tart fruit note and a slight brine.

Brand
John Emerald
Size
750ml / VI
ABV
43.0
Country
United States
Region
Alabama

Additional Product Info

About Leslies Muscadine Brandy

John Emerald partners with local muscadine vineyards to source the grapes and then ages the brandy in its used quater cask (15 gallon) single malt whiskey barrels for approximately three years. Utilizing the smaller barrels and the thick Alabama heat a much greater age equivalence is acheived. This is a turely unique product that is made in very small quantitys. Jimmy Sharp, founder and master distiller, is hopeful to grow/create the category of muscadine brandy giving new life to an abundant crop in the southeastern unuted states.

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About John Emerald Distilling Company

John Emerald Distilling is a small batch craft distillery located in beautiful downtown Opelika, Alabama. We are proud of our heritage. From the original three Sharp brothers who ventured to America from Scotland to the namesake of our company, John Emerald Sharp, the Sharps have lived lives of integrity: honoring God, their fellow man and their family. So when it came time to name our distillery, the idea to honor our forefathers in name and spirit rang true.

Our Story

Opelika is a town ‘Rich in Heritage with a Vision for the Future’ where a father-son distillery is making the first legal whiskey in Alabama since the end of Prohibition. More than just whiskey, John Emerald Distilling Co. is bottling their family heritage for the next generation. Housed in an old cotton warehouse, John and Jimmy Sharp founded John Emerald Distilling Co. in 2014. John and Jimmy had worked together before, owning a lucrative plastering business, travelling the world to help open stores for Louis Vuitton. Not wanting to miss a moment after the birth of Jimmy’s daughter, the two stopped travelling and started their distillery, naming it after John’s father. Every bottle of John Emerald Distilling Co.’s award-winning whiskey, rum, gin and vodka highlights the Sharp family lineage. Each bottle is named for an ancestor, and the flavors invoke their personalities. Founded by family, for family, to celebrate family, John Emerald Distilling Co. welcomes you into theirs, one bottle at a time.