Laird's America's 250th Limited Release 13 Year Old Apple Brandy
Laird's America's 250th Limited Release 13 Year Old Apple Brandy is the longest-aged apple brandy the Laird family has ever bottled — a 750mL, 112-proof (56% ABV) whiskey-barrel-aged landmark limited to 1,300 individually numbered bottles, offered once.
Distilled in North Garden, Virginia and bottled in Scobeyville, New Jersey, it matured 13 years in once-used bourbon barrels of American oak. The Lairds have distilled apple brandy in New Jersey since 1698 — 78 years before America was founded — making this 250th-anniversary bottling a genuine piece of American distilling history.
Tasting notes
Nose of crisp orchard fruit — fresh apple, ripe pear — over gentle oak, sweet spice, vanilla, and soft caramel. The palate opens with floral honey into a balanced apple-and-pear core framed by warm oak and vanilla, finishing long with sweet spice and a whisper of wood.
Why buy it from Del Mesa Liquor
- 13 years old — the longest-aged Laird's ever released
- 112 proof — full-throttle barrel character
- 1,300 numbered bottles — once offered, never again
- America's oldest distilling family, since 1698
How to serve it
Neat — at 112 proof and 13 years, water is optional and ice is a personal choice.
Frequently asked questions
What is apple brandy?
A spirit distilled from fermented apples and aged in oak — one of America's oldest spirits, predating bourbon in colonial New Jersey by a century.
Why is this release special?
It commemorates America's 250th birthday with the oldest apple brandy Laird's has ever bottled, in a numbered run of 1,300.