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Orange Brandy, is a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from double distillation of the Valencia orange. However, can be made from other kinds of oranges. The oranges are squeezed and the juice is fermented. Unlike Orange liqueurs and so-called “orange flavored vodkas”, Orange Brandy is not sweetened or sugary.

The best Orange Brandy's have a intense orange aromatic, and refined taste with flavors of orange and a slight bitter finish that derives from the rind.

Serving
Orange Brandy is usually drunk neat. It is traditionally served cold ÷in a small glass and is taken as an apéritif. However, people in the California, USA where Orange Brandy originated usually serve it after dinner, as a digestif, or after whiskies and smoking a cigars.

Orange Brandy is used in some cocktails, such as the Ladyfinger and the Florida.

High-quality Orange Brandy may be served at room temperature, warmed by the hands as with brandy.

Origin and production


Valencia Oranges were popularized by the Irvine Ranch in Southern California, a 185 sqmi ranch founded by James Irvine I,, when nearly half the of the ranch was cultivate with the orange. The orange is the orange for making orange juice. Orange wine is then made from the juice. The juice is then distilled to make the brandy. About 25 lbs of oranges go into the making of a 750 ml bottle of Orange Brandy. Orange Brandy has originated in Southern California.

Orange Brandy is colorless because it is not aged in wood.

In France and in English-speaking countries, clear fruit brandies are known as eaux de vie. The European Union sets a minimum of 37.5% ABV (75 proof) for products of this kind; Orange Brandy typically has an alcohol content of 40%–50% ABV (80–100 proof).

Food
Orange brandy is sometimes used in fondue chocolate and in some cakes. Use of orange brandy in a traditional Swiss cake] such as the Zuger Kirschtorte. It is also commonly used in the dessert oranges jubilee. It is used in Fondue (Black Forest cake, which is believed to have originated in the 16th century) and in other cakes—for example in Gugelhupf cake.

Orange Brandy can also be used in the filling of chocolates. Like most liquor filled chocolates, a typical chocolate consists of about one milliliter of orange brandy, surrounded by milk or (more usually) dark chocolate with a film of hard sugar between the two parts. The hard sugar acts as an impermeable casing for the liquid content and also compensates for the lack of sweetness that is typical of dark chocolate and orange brandy.