Do you know what brandy is being drunk with?

Многие спиртные напитки, названия которых всем widely known (we will not list them now), have their own drinking culture. Brandy is no exception. What kind of drink is this? "Brandy" - that's the name of a whole series of strong drinks, obtained during distillation of wine and berg. Conditionally, there are three types of this drink:

• from grape juice;

• fruit brandy;

• Brandy from the squeeze.

How to use it correctly? With what brandy is drunk?

All kinds of this drink is usually taken after meals,since they favorably influence digestion. Grape brandy - the most common form, it is obtained by distilling the fermented juice of grapes. In Russia it was called "cognac", although this applies only to brandy produced in the French region of Cognac. With what brandy of this kind is drunk? The culture of consumption does not actually differ from the culture of drinking ordinary cognac. The drink, cooled to 16 degrees or room temperature, is served in sniffers or cognac tulips (glasses on a small foot, having a wide bottom and tapering to the top of the wall). You do not need to drink it immediately, first hold the glass in your hands, and start taking it in small sips. It is recommended to hold a short alcoholic drink in your mouth to feel the taste better. As a snack you can serve chocolate, cheese, various nuts, coffee.

Drinking Science

Brandy from the squeeze is a drink preparedfrom the flesh, bones and stems of grapes, left after the squeeze. This type includes: Italian grappa, South Slavic raka, Georgian chacha. Glasses for brandy from the squeezes will suit the same as for the grape kind of this drink. In the cold times of the year it is permissible to slightly warm it and season with cinnamon, caramel, orange peel and cloves. With what brandy is drunk from fruit? The fruit form of this drink is prepared from blueberries, raspberries, apricots, apples (calvados), cherries (kirschwasser) and plums (slivovitz). Serve it only cooled, you can add ice. A lot of cocktails are made with the addition of fruit brandy. It goes well with vermouth, champagne and liqueur.

Determining the quality and age

In order to determine what kind of qualityyou drink, pour it into the glass and touch your finger to the outside of the sniffer. If the fingerprint is visible with the transparency of the drink - then this is a high-end brandy. To determine the age, try to slightly rotate the glass with brandy around its axis and observe the drops left on it.

Если дорожки остаются в течение 5 секунд – то drink 3-4 years, if about 15 seconds - then nonsense for several decades. Answers to the questions, how and with what brandy drink, can be very much. Someone thinks that it is impossible to interfere with such a drink with anything, but you can drink it only in its pure form without snacks and other supplements. Others prefer to use it in the form of cocktails, eating sweets, meat or cheese with nuts, washing down coffee. The most popular cocktails are drinks with orange juice, tonic and mineral water. Determine what will be acceptable for you, only you can. But the main advice: do not rush when drinking, savor the taste of brandy longer!