How to drink cognac

How to drink brandy is very individual. But I really want to enlighten you on how to drink this noble drink, after all, having laid out a considerable amount for it, you just need to be able to appreciate its taste without spoiling it with coarse snacks.

How to drink brandy?

To drink it it is necessary not hurrying up, in very quiet conditions. Cognac does not like noisy, crowded celebrations, it's better to serve it after the second dish, before tea or coffee. It is served warmed to room temperature up to 16 ° C in a thin transparent glass, which has an upwardly extending shape and a low leg.

The next question is how correctly to drink cognac, more precisely, than to eat it. Best of all chocolate, for the most extreme case - apples. Often men after a dense dinner go into a separate room, drink cognac and smoke a cigar. And indeed, a cigar and cognac is a combination of classic.

Such French VS ordinary drinks very often form the basis for creating mixed drinks, successfully combining them with ice cream, cream, milk, lemon and orange juices, etc.

As advised by Fedor Yevsevsky - a beverage consultant, a representative of the first Russian emigrants: "How to drink brandy, few know. Pour cognac into the glass, you need to touch the other side of the glass. If fingerprints are visible, then you drink brandy of the highest quality. "

Only in Russia this drink is bitten with a lemon. It is said that this custom was established by the Russian Tsar Nicholas I, who taught the courtiers this that he was not so strong. Nowhere else in the world is this anymore.

Cognac is considered a drink of the gods, giving the joy of communication and warming its warm fragrance. However, all these epithets concern only the present, the true, having the highest quality of the drink. And how to choose the right cognac in an infinite variety, how to distinguish the real?

The most recognized leaders in the production of cognac are France, whose cognac houses are known all over the world.

French cognacs are recognized very simply. Choosing a specific brand -

Hennessy, Camus, Martell, Davidoff, Courvoisier, Remy Martin - consider that it's guaranteed to get excellent cognac. Another question is how to choose the right cognac when standing in front of the counter with Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Ukrainian or Moldovan cognacs. In this case, you need to measure seven times so as not to get, say, a famous Armenian cognac produced in Moldova, or even worse, a French drink produced in Azerbaijan. And it can be worse - instead of cognac, you can easily buy a falsifikat from alcohol tea tincture or shell from walnuts. If the label, rather the bar code, you could not determine the truth of the cognac, then try to do it at least by eye. If in the glass liquid after turning around its axis runs down the inner side of 5 seconds, then brandy is five years old, and so on increasing. But the taste you have to determine yourself.

Rum Bacardi is very popular not only because of his taste, but also symbolism - the red circle in which the bat is enclosed.

Fans of this popular drink use it in its pure form, make it different cocktails. But not many can boast that they know how to properly drink Bacardi. After all, Bacardi Black and Bacardi Gold drink differently.

So, Bacardi Gold, aged for at least two years, has a pleasant mild taste. Drink it clean with ice, although gourmets will appreciate it with juice or cola. Bartenders love to prepare cocktails based on it, decorating them in the style of Caribbean drinks.

Bacardi Black, who has a dark color, also uses it in cocktails or in pure form. In addition to it, a lemon or some other citrus fruit is served. In general, all varieties of rum Bacardi are soft to the taste.