/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5681090]

I want to start drinking brandy. Where should i start?

[Anonymous No.5681093]

at the liquor store, in the brandy section.

[Anonymous No.5681109]

>>5681093
should i not first invent the universe?

[Anonymous No.5681120]

>>5681090
Start by pouring it into a glass and then raising it to your mouth

[Anonymous No.5681124]

>>5681090
Get coorsvahsieyay.

[Anonymous No.5681147]

>>5681109
but the universe already exists, why would you want to start there?

[Anonymous No.5681151]

Start cheap and stay cheap. E&J is all you need.

[Anonymous No.5681153]

>>5681090
A lot of big box liquor retailers have their own reviews and/or customer reviews on their websites, see whats the best reviewed in your price range. Or just got to your local liquor store and ask for suggestions

[Anonymous No.5681517]

>>5681151
>buy brandy the other day because its on sale and cheap as fuck
>dont even know what I'm buying
>see this post
>look at brandy
>it's E&J

Isn't that a very nice greentext story?

[Anonymous No.5681532]

>>5681151
Lol

Unless you're drinking cognac brandy is cheap enough that you don't need to sacrifice quality to save money

California brandy has the same problem as California wine. It's vulgar tasting and has too much vanilla from overuse of oak chips

[Anonymous No.5681544]

>>5681090
get a bottle of hennesy cognac

[Jimmy No.5681816]

>>5681151
Fuck me, E&J is fookin terrible. Sometimes I have to buy it on account of my alcoholism and there being no other brandy available.

OP, start off with some Paul Masson. It's as inexpensive as E&J, but much better quality. I wouldn't suggest a higher quality cognac until you acquire a taste for it. However, when you do, buy Courvoisier. Remy Martin is a close second.

[Anonymous No.5681913]

Only brandy I've ever liked is Christian Brothers. Dunno why I've never liked the "good stuff", but I really can't stand it.

[Anonymous No.5681954]

>>5681913
Nice, the first hard liquor I ever tried was CB. Some good shit right there

[Anonymous No.5681985]

>>5681954
Same here, my mom used it for cooking. I stole it out of pantry one night when I 14, held my nose and took shots because I was curious what alcohol felt like. Long story short I ended up walking around the house completely naked at 1am while everyone was asleep.

[Anonymous No.5684218]

Cadenhead's cask strength confirmed best cognac

[Anonymous No.5684222]

>pomace brandy
>brandy
>Cognac
>Armagnac
>Pisco
etc.
Fuck if I know. I'm completely uninitiated.

[Anonymous No.5684227]

XO's ofc, rest is for plebs

[Anonymous No.5684245]

Put it up to your face and take a huuuge breath through your nose.

[Anonymous No.5684270]

>>5681151
E&J's XO used to be good. Not just good for its price, but world-class competitive-with-cognac good. They ruined it a few years back with their new X-TRA SMOOTHE branding.

[Anonymous No.5684307]

Brandy is way too expensive for anything drinkable.

[Anonymous No.5684311]

>>5684307

maybe if you're poor

good brandy is cheaper than good scotch

[Anonymous No.5686514]

>>5684311
This. Brandy is one of the cheaper spirits for palatability vs price point.

[Anonymous No.5686523]

>>5681090
a liquor store

[Anonymous No.5686530]

>>5684311
>>5686514
What are some good brandies for under $75 per 750ml?

[Anonymous No.5686539]

>>5686530

This stuff is almost cheap enough to cook with and it's great. If your liquore store doesn't have it your liquor store has failed at being a liquor store.

[Anonymous No.5687257]

>>5686530
Courvoiser and Hennesy are both under $75 and are a good place to start. Remy Martin is a tier up so try that one next

[Anonymous No.5687697]

What I did, OP, was to find a liquor store that sold miniatures and to get one mini of every type they had.

>fml there ain't a dime's worth of difference between them in flavor