Peach schnapps is an inexpensive cocktail staple ... vanilla and warm spice that elevate cocktails beyond flavoring them with fruit. Keep in mind that brandy has a higher alcohol content.

For a Georgia Julep, cut the sugar in half, use 2 ounces cognac, and add 1 ounce peach brandy ... when drunk mixed with snow, checks a high fever." (That's what it says in the Liber Almansoris ...

Over 100 years ago, bartenders started making the drink with cognac — the Alexander #2 or Brandy Alexander was born. Both were part of the cocktail boom in the late 1800s/early 1900s in New Orleans.

It was history that got me interested in the peach brandy coming out of George ... I won’t insult my gender by calling it a “chick drink.” It’s a plastic doll’s drink.