Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Thomas wrote:The first time I ever drank Cognac was in 1975, during a few days in Geneva, Switzerland. The custom, at least in the places I frequented at the time, was to slip a sugar cube into one's mouth and sip Cognac through it. I considered it a so, so experience.
The next time I drank Cognac it was in Tehran a few days after Switzerland. I drank Bisquit V.S.O.P.--neat. That certainly was a neat experience.
Never had the desire for Cognac in a cocktail, but I'm not much of a cocktail fan, and haven't had a Cognac in quite some time.
JC (NC)
Lifelong Learner
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:23 pm
Fayetteville, NC
Keith M
Beer Explorer
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:25 am
Finger Lakes, New York
My recent cocktail experiences with brandy (Old Fashioned, Vieux Carré) haven't involved Cognac-qua-Cognac. Is there something about brandies produced from that region that make them more cocktail-worthy ? My limited experience suggests there is considerable variation within Cognac and some brandies produced elsewhere share more in common with Cognacs I like than do other Cognacs which I don't like. Terroir be damned? Dunno.Hoke wrote:I quite like cognac, for a variety of reasons. I like eau-de-vie, for its precise and focused essence of fruit. And I like cognac because it takes eau-de-vie and encourages it to mature and develop in barrels, thus adding interesting facets to the fruit base (which are entirely different from whiskey with its grain base). I further appreciate cognac because it is a time-tested traditional way of making spirits, positioned somewhere between the true artisanal small-batch and the industrial refinery production methods.
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Keith M wrote:My recent cocktail experiences with brandy (Old Fashioned, Vieux Carré) haven't involved Cognac-qua-Cognac. Is there something about brandies produced from that region that make them more cocktail-worthy ? My limited experience suggests there is considerable variation within Cognac and some brandies produced elsewhere share more in common with Cognacs I like than do other Cognacs which I don't like. Terroir be damned? Dunno.Hoke wrote:I quite like cognac, for a variety of reasons. I like eau-de-vie, for its precise and focused essence of fruit. And I like cognac because it takes eau-de-vie and encourages it to mature and develop in barrels, thus adding interesting facets to the fruit base (which are entirely different from whiskey with its grain base). I further appreciate cognac because it is a time-tested traditional way of making spirits, positioned somewhere between the true artisanal small-batch and the industrial refinery production methods.
Hoke
Achieving Wine Immortality
11420
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:07 am
Portland, OR
Lou Kessler wrote:Hoke, what do you think of the brandies that Germain- Robin make in Mendocino? I really don't drink enough of those types of booze to be knowledgeable but the few times I have tried the G-R it tasted pretty good, at least to me.
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