subs. phr. (old).A tippler; espec. one whose favourite drink is brandy: see LUSHINGTON. Hence BRANDY-FACED = red-faced; bloated.
c. 1687. COTTON, Æneid, II. Burl. (1692), 85. You goodman BRANDY-FACE, unfist her.
1859. G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock, 284. Hulking labourers and BRANDY-FACED viragos, squabbling at tavern doors.