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Apricot Flavored Brandy

  • Liqueur
  • 25% ABV
  • 36 drinks

What is Apricot Flavored Brandy?

Apricot flavored brandy is used as an apricot-forward liqueur in classic cocktails and fruit drinks. Despite the name, many recipes use it for sweet stone-fruit flavour rather than as a dry brandy base.

Is this for me?

Choose this if…

  • ✓You want sweetness, flavour depth and lower ABV in your cocktail.
  • ✓Features in 36 WhatDrink drinks.

Skip if…

  • ✗You want a dry, neutral or high-ABV spirit base.

At a Glance

93 kcalCalories
25%ABV
9gSugar
12gCarbs
LiqueurType
36Recipes

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

What does Apricot Flavored Brandy taste like?

Sweet, fruity and stone-fruit driven, with apricot, peach, almond-like and light brandy notes. It pairs well with gin, rum, brandy, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple and cherry flavours.

Ways to use apricot flavored brandy

Cocktails (36)

Flavour profile

ApricotStone FruitSweet

Recipes using this

Observed quantities

Observed in single-serve recipes: middle half 29.57–59.15 ml; median 59.15 ml.

In the measured recipes in this dataset — from 29 observed uses.

Scoped nutrition

Calories (per 100 ml)
310
Sugar (per 100 ml)
30 g
Carbs (per 100 ml)
40 g

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

Diet compatibility

  • Gluten-FreeCompatible
  • KetoNot compatible
  • Low-CarbNot compatible
  • Low-SugarNot compatible
  • VeganCompatible
  • VegetarianCompatible

Based on the listed ingredient only — a public recipe facet, not medical, allergy or coeliac advice. Specific brands and preparation can change compatibility.

Commonly observed with

GinDry VermouthLemon JuiceTriple SecLime Juice

Observed co-use in the reviewed recipe corpus — not a universal pairing recommendation.

Trust & methodology

Canonical ingredient/component authority assembled from reviewed identity, recipe, flavour, nutrition, diet and substitution evidence. Observed quantities and co-use patterns are descriptive, not prescriptions or universal recommendations.

Evidence last updated: 2026-07-14T04:59:48.488479+00:00

Drink counts and recipe data are based on published WhatDrink recipes. Figures may vary as new recipes are added.

Apricot Flavored Brandy — common questions

What are the most popular cocktails made with Apricot Flavored Brandy?
Top-ranked cocktails made with Apricot Flavored Brandy include Apricot Cocktail, Apricot Lady, After Dinner Cocktail. Rankings are based on recipe quality and data completeness.