Cherry Brandy is brandy made from dark sweet cherries, Cherry flavored Brandy is Brandy made from grapes and flavored with cherries, and Cherry flavored liqueur is a neutral spirit flavored with cherries. All of these are interchangeable with some quality and subtlty differences. Depending on the drink that you are mixing there is not much of a taste difference. Drinking these alone with out mixing them is the way to really differenciate between Cherry Brandy, Cherry flavored Brandy and Cherry liqueur.Cherry Brandy poured into a snifter glass the be drunk at room temperature is the best way to taste the finer points of this brandy. The warmer your liquor the more you can taste it. This holds true for all your liquor, you hold the snifter glass in the palm of your hand to warm the alcohol.