Brandy

[Monk]

A new favorite spirit of mine, drunk straight and at room temp or slightly warmed. Cheaper than Cognac, and usually a bit sweeter. It goes very well with Cigars.

Stay away from the really cheap brandy (E&J). Someone gave me that stuff years back. Blecchhh!!! The VSOP is drinkable though. The more expensive reserve brandies seem best of course.

I'm more of a cognac kinda guy but have had brandy on some occasions... that was until the one time I had it after a holiday dinner, but had an extremely nasty flu attack which had me puking every half hour... haven't been able to touch the stuff since...

As with any spirit like whisky, congac, brandy never buy the el cheapo stuff. like you said... blech...

If you really enjoy a nice warm brandy you should get one of these: http://fantes.com/images/1839-3bar.jpg

never use it on Congac however. (Some people say you can, but Congac should really be at room temp+heat of your hand on the glass)

-W.