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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Brandy Burned with Peach

Grohusko's Brandy Burned with Peach is a Southern hot brandy-and-sugar drink poured over dried peach.

hot · sweet · stone_fruit · spiced · warming · southern

Served in Hot stem glass.

Variants (2)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.38)

1 wine glassbrandy base
3 slicesDried peach — Place two or three slices in a hot stem glass.other
nutmeg — Grate over it.other
0.5 tablespoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Burn the brandy and sugar together in a saucer.
  2. Place two or three slices of dried peach in a hot stem glass, pour the burned liquid over them, grate a little nutmeg over it, and serve.

Garnish: Nutmeg

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.22)

1 wine glassbrandy base
2.5 slicesDried peach other
nutmeg — Grate a little over top.other
0.5 tablespoonfulsugar sweetener
  1. Burn the brandy and sugar together in a saucer.
  2. Place the dried peach in a hot stem glass, pour the burned liquid over it, grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Source explicitly uses a flaming pre-mix in a saucer.

See also: Blue Blazer, Peach and Honey

Source calls it a Southern concoction.