Secrets of the use of brandy
Feb 1, 2009
Like every noble drink cognac requires special culture consumption. Drink brandy every day, with or without reason is not accepted, it is created with a view to particularly important or special occasions. To give this drink a little more attention, and he will reveal to you the entire bouquet of aromas. After all, it smells coming from the glass with cognac, delivering the most fun tasters.
Enjoy these spirits in a calm quiet environment, it probably will come to the company of close friends or family than to the noisy, crowded party. Brandy never drink volley, his first long hold in their hands, sniffed bouquets and then start trying. By making this drink so rich smell? It's the recipe brandy, or rather in the manner of its production.
Brandy alcohol produced from wine grape perebrodivshego by double distillation. At this stage the recycled air alcohols, which are attached to the aroma of cognac. Then the ethanol is placed in oak casks for several years, where he filled before the end of aromatics. After such a long way, turning into an elegant brandy drink forreal.
So, true connoisseurs of complying with special ritual before you try it, especially careful degustiruyut elite cognac. To begin with drinks at room temperature and poured into a glass worth about ¼ part. Take a sip, and then the second - a little more, and always hold the brandy in the mouth that rasprobovat. If you do not hurry, you will feel after the second whistle a long aftertaste, which experts described as «the peacock's tail». Brandy starts to exercise their taste and gradually «raskryvayas». For the duration of the poslevkusiya be judged on the quality and the excerpt drink.
If your table there are several kinds of brandy, then you need to start tasting with the young. His weak flavor perfectly complement brandy old, multi-extracts. Do not confuse this drink with others, and the more dilute champagne, soda water, etc. Usually used it in its pure form, the didzhestiv - ie after the meal. Many experts believe that Brandy did not even a snack, but the etiquette is allowed to combine the brandy and chocolate, a cigar or a cup of coffee. You can also bring a drink with nuts, desserts, cheeses. Lemon snack extremely desirable - it perebivaet smell and taste of cognac.
However, all this does not prevent a mixture of brandy and other alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. It fits well with fruit juices, liquor, tea, cream and even milk. For example, the recipe for a popular cocktail with cognac under the name «Alexander». Take 20 ml of brandy, 20 ml dark liquor Crem de Cacao, 20 ml cream. All the ingredients together with ice severely shake in shaker and strain into a glass for a cocktail. Sprinkle nutmeg.
There are many simple and sophisticated cocktails, but they better add a young cognac. Drink with a long history of mixing with other components considered a bad habit.
Enjoy these spirits in a calm quiet environment, it probably will come to the company of close friends or family than to the noisy, crowded party. Brandy never drink volley, his first long hold in their hands, sniffed bouquets and then start trying. By making this drink so rich smell? It's the recipe brandy, or rather in the manner of its production.
Brandy alcohol produced from wine grape perebrodivshego by double distillation. At this stage the recycled air alcohols, which are attached to the aroma of cognac. Then the ethanol is placed in oak casks for several years, where he filled before the end of aromatics. After such a long way, turning into an elegant brandy drink forreal.
So, true connoisseurs of complying with special ritual before you try it, especially careful degustiruyut elite cognac. To begin with drinks at room temperature and poured into a glass worth about ¼ part. Take a sip, and then the second - a little more, and always hold the brandy in the mouth that rasprobovat. If you do not hurry, you will feel after the second whistle a long aftertaste, which experts described as «the peacock's tail». Brandy starts to exercise their taste and gradually «raskryvayas». For the duration of the poslevkusiya be judged on the quality and the excerpt drink.
If your table there are several kinds of brandy, then you need to start tasting with the young. His weak flavor perfectly complement brandy old, multi-extracts. Do not confuse this drink with others, and the more dilute champagne, soda water, etc. Usually used it in its pure form, the didzhestiv - ie after the meal. Many experts believe that Brandy did not even a snack, but the etiquette is allowed to combine the brandy and chocolate, a cigar or a cup of coffee. You can also bring a drink with nuts, desserts, cheeses. Lemon snack extremely desirable - it perebivaet smell and taste of cognac.
However, all this does not prevent a mixture of brandy and other alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. It fits well with fruit juices, liquor, tea, cream and even milk. For example, the recipe for a popular cocktail with cognac under the name «Alexander». Take 20 ml of brandy, 20 ml dark liquor Crem de Cacao, 20 ml cream. All the ingredients together with ice severely shake in shaker and strain into a glass for a cocktail. Sprinkle nutmeg.
There are many simple and sophisticated cocktails, but they better add a young cognac. Drink with a long history of mixing with other components considered a bad habit.