It's made from grape wine and is produced in the Cognac region of France. Remy Martin, Courvoisier, and Hennessy are all well-known Cognac brands.
Many Cognacs are best neat or in simple cocktails such as with a splash of soda. Armagnac isn't as well known as Cognac, but it is another quality French brandy made from grape wine.
It has a delicious, warm flavor and tends to be slightly more affordable than Cognac. Jollite is a well-known brand of Armagnac. Try Argmagnac neat or in a simple brandy cocktail such as an old-fashioned. Calvados is a French apple brandy that comes from the Normandy region. It's a deeply flavored brandy with notes of apple and wood from the barrels it is aged in. Try it neat or in a sidecar made with calvados for a slightly different flavor profile from the classic.
Brandy de Jerez is a Spanish grape wine brandy that is aged similarly to Sherry in Sherry casks. Drink it neat. Pisco is South American brandy made from grapes. Enjoy it in a Pisco sour. Grappa comes from category of brandies called pomace brandies.
These brandies are made from materials left-over from the winemaking process, and Grappa is Italy's most well-known pomace brandy. Drink grappa neat at room temperature. Fruit brandies include flavors like apple, cherry, and pear. You can mix these in cocktails in place of other brandies to add interesting flavor profiles or sip them neat at room temperature just like you would any other brandy. If the flavors and aromas are too strong, add an ice cube and a splash of soda.
Eau-de-vie is a light brandy that is clear and colorless. It can be made from various fruits of varying quality levels. It's basically an unaged brandy, so the fruit flavors and aromas are more forward than in other brandies. Enjoy eau-de-vie neat at room temperature, on the rocks with a splash of soda, or in a craft cocktail.
Whether you savor a high-quality brandy neat or enjoy it in a delicious cocktail or with a splash of soda, brandy is a tasty and satisfying spirit. A risk of cancer is scary enough to turn most of us off anything we love to eat or drink, but what if a choosing to drink brandy every night could help reduce the likelihood of suffering from cancer?
According to Science Daily , tests done by Japanese researchers and results published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry indicate this might be possible. Science Daily revealed that beer and some types of alcohol, including brandy, have shown a "potent inhibitory effect" against mutagens found in some types of heterocyclic amines HAs. What is the significance of HAs, you ask? Well, they are thought to "contribute to cancer" in humans.
The report has stated that "there is a possibility that the plant components originating from hops might be responsible" for the inhibition of the mutagens. While studies have not yet solidified the link between types of alcohol like brandy and the prevention of cancer, this seems like a great start. Let's raise an occasional glass to that!
Have you noticed your stomach rumbling with hunger just before lunch time? Well, there's a scientific reason why this happens, and messing with it by consuming indulgent drinks like brandy every night might lead to long-term effects.
Our bodies have lots of clocks that operate in parallel to the master body clock. One of these is the all-important "food clock," which consists of a combination of "interacting genes and molecules. The results were surprising. According to Science Daily , your food clock might be reset if you eat and drink indulgent food regularly instead of consuming nutrient-rich meals at typical meal times. According to the study, this might impact your ability to absorb nutrients, digest what you consume, and maintain an even metabolic keel.
Though that nightly glass of brandy is no doubt delicious, it unfortunately might have a negative impact on your metabolism — so you may not want to drink brandy every night for this reason. Moderation is important when it comes to alcohol, as having too much too often can lead to some unpleasant side effects. According to an article written and reviewed by medical professionals for Lybrate , drinking too much brandy can lead to some unsavory side effects, including the one we all dread the most — a horrible hangover.
While the thought of a daily hangover is probably enough to turn anyone off from choosing to drink brandy every night in excess, Lybrate detailed some even worse side effects that have the ability to impact your body in the long run.
These include changes to the drinker's central nervous system, as well as "a rapid drop in blood sugar" referred to in the medical community as hypoglycemia. Many others are barrel-aged, where they transform into mellow, golden elixirs over time. All cognac is brandy, but not all brandies are cognacs.
The aged brandy known as cognac is produced from grapes grown in the Cognac region of France, where brandy has an illustrious history. There, the grape varieties and growing areas, the minimum 30 months of aging, the French oak barrels, copper pot stills, and the winter distillation are all strictly enforced.
Fruit for brandy is fermented into a wine, which is then distilled to produce a spirit. Though brandy is often thought of—and greatly enjoyed—as an old-school after-dinner drink, to sip neat from a snifter as you smoked your cigar, the spirit has a long history as a staple ingredient in classic cocktails. Today, many VS brandies are made with an eye toward mixology.
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