These all sound good. (For the names, here is the link. I couldn't get them in the screenshots):

http://cocktails.about.com/od/cocktailsbyflavor/ss/Apple-Cocktail-Recipe-Collection.htm

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One more, from: http://gourmandeinthekitchen.com/2013/green-apple-ginger-martini-recipe/

I made an apple cider sangria for a recent party-- it called for 3 apples and pears in addition to the cider. It was a little sweet but a nice change.

Thank you! MizGG, thanks for the link, I was never able to get to that location. I like that they give you the main ingredients, right up front, so you don't have to click on each one.

Funkyart, that sounds delish. I was planning to make sangria for Thanksgiving, that sounds better than the usual kind.

I can look for the recipe.. but from memory, it was a bottle of pino grigio, ginger brandy, apple cider and club soda.. then the fruit mentioned above. It gets much better as it sits!

I searched and found a number of recipes for apple sangria. I do remember at least one with ginger brandy. I'm not familiar with that, is it readily attainable?

Yes.. you should be able to find the ginger brandy. I am in PA where our options are limited and I went to a small neighborhood state store and they had it. It's nothing fancy.

Here's the recipe I used. I specifically looked for a recipe that didn't use cinnamon or other spices. I wanted the apple flavor and the meal had a lot of flavor and spice. There are many other recipes out there with cranberries and spices. This is just a nice fresh light flavor!

Apple Cider Sangria

1 bottle of pinot grigio

2 1/2 cups of fresh apple cider

1 cup club soda

1/2 cup ginger brandy

3 honey crisp apples, chopped

2 pears, chopped

Mix together and chill for at least one hour before serving.

Thank you! That looks really good. And I like that it's made without a lot of obscure ingredients. I think I'll make some this weekend, for .. uh .. quality assurance. :) And then for Thanksgiving.

Well dang. I went to the liquor store, and she said they don't have anything like ginger brandy. I wonder if there would be a substitute?

I suspect that you could get a similar effect with brandy plus grated ginger (wrap it in cheese cloth so you can fish it out later).

I poked around for recipes using Calvados (apple brandy) and found this site (see the 3rd recipe):

http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/drink/3-calvados-cocktails-start-your-fall-right

That's very surprising to me.. it's not any special kind of thing. The brand is jacquin's.. cheap cheap cheap stuff. There are fancier ginger brandy's.. and of course apple and pear brandies-- but you will pay more for them. In PA the state runs our liquor stores and sets the stock carried. I don't really have any suggestions for someone outside off PA but I would think you could find it at any liquor store that carried a variety. I don't think you'll find it in a wine specialty store.

In NC, the state runs the liquor stores, too, so the inventory is the same in all of them. I'll check out some of the other recipes and see what I can come up with.

Well I searched some, and it looks like I can buy ginger brandy in FL, where I'll be soon. Also, DH googled and found a recipe where the poster says that regular brandy works, she just used ginger brandy for a more 'autumn' taste. So maybe I'll pick up some regular brandy and use some grated ginger for Thanksgiving.

Sounds like a plan.. i can't say there was a discernible ginger flavor to the sangria. It's subtle at best. I also think you could use apple brandy or pear brandy which should most certainly be stocked.

I wouldn't stress about finding *ginger* brandy but FWIW the nc ABC lists two brands of ginger brandy they claim to stock. Could be the site isn't up to date .. or that the clerk was mistaken. I am not familiar with either brand. Here's a link to the Bols

Well that's interesting. I looked at that site, but not knowing the name brands I couldn't figure out a search. Maybe I'll try a different store, or now that I can look for that bottle, maybe I'll be lucky. Thanks!!

I just searched for "ginger brandy".. but I wouldn't knock yourself out trying to find the ginger. Calvados is the brand of apple brandy I am most familiar with.. I'd think they'd have that. Pear William is the only pear brandy I know-- that one is pretty expensive as they grow the pear (on the tree, i believe) IN the bottle. It's a small proportion of the other fluids so I can't imagine something else will "ruin" the recipe.

After all this, I hope you love the recipe! The search sadly takes away from its simplicity!