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Definition of "eau de vie" [eau• de vie]

  • Colorless brandy distilled from fermented fruit juice. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "eau de vie" in a sentence
  • "Out in Alameda, in the 65,000-square-foot Hangar One Distillery, I talked to Jorg about the process of eau de vie learning that there are two ways to do it: one is to distill from fermented fruit, and the other is to distill fruit that has been infused into grain alcohol; you cannot make a mash of raspberries, after all."
  • "There are two schools of eau de vie making, and they fall roughly into the camps of Old School and Slow Food."
  • "I drank their aged apple eau de vie and was inspired, and their St. George Single Malt."
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