Notes: Ley Line is a fledgling distillery housed in an economic development center (read old canning factory like many such centers it seems). A family run operation they use local fruit and grains to ferment, distill, and bottle on site. They use small stainless steel pot column hybrid stills with a lot of copper in the columns to get that critical interaction ( particularly with fruit) that makes a huge difference in the final product

They currently produce a hard red winter wheat vodka, cherry eau de vie and this, their  peach brandy (more specifically/technically a eau de vie) with plans to develop more products as they grow their market,

Appearance: Clear silvery appearance. On swirling to leaves a nice even coating on the glass then a few tears as the whole edge line retreats into the bottom of the glass leaving only small pinprick size droplets on the inside of the glass.

First Impression: Lovely scents of peach with a lush,slightly heavy, perfumy note with whiffs of all spice and blackberries, almonds, marzipan and just a hint of alkali notes and spirits,Reminiscent of a spice breadth a lovely very rounded peach bouquet.

Taste: Slightly oily entry with lots of flavors that then warms and amortizes in your mouth releasing a peachy, slightly spicy and racy bouquet with a hint of cloves, almonds and spice with a slightly drying fade and finish.

Drinks: Absolute ( and usually impossible to find) requirement for Fish House Punch, Dragoon Punch, and a host of Sangrias, along with a great number of sprizters ( even just this and soda water is nice). A great way to put a peach accent/flavor into a drink without resorting to some foul tasting chemical additive vodka or a sugar bomb peach brandy whose main flavoring come from a stainless steel vat in New Jersey.  This brandy promises to be a great addition to a cocktailians armamnetariumfor new and different cocktails. For an idea of already established recipes try this site .

Bottle: Fairly straightforward bottle ,dark green resiling type bottle tapering to the top with a synthetic cork for a better seal and a black shrink wrap neck capsule. White label with black lettering and graphics is tastefully minimalist in style.

Other: Link to a few photos from the distillery with our friend Zamir Gotta

Final Thoughts: To be frank on all accounts, peach is a bitchy fruit to work with, hard to process and ferment, it makes capturing that lightning in a bottle difficult if not on some days seemingly impossible.Also you can find a lot of other fruit Eau de Vies around but it takes a touch of genius and madness to even attempt a peach brandy/eau de vie. While this may not be the best peach brandy I have ever had, it certainly is one of the better ones and one of the few you can find in, or from,  the Northeast United States.

Website: http://leylinedistillery.com

Nicely laid out site but not a lot of info or pictures yet.