Quote Originally Posted by Kenyth View Post
Thanks SJR, I've always wondered about that.

Speaking of brandies, have you guys seen the pear brandy that has a full sized pear in the bottle? I always wondered how they got it in there and figured they must somehow fuse the bottle around it. It winds up being much smpler than that. They put the bottle over the budding fruit on the tree and let the pear grow inside the bottle. Clever!
Yeah, they do that with various schnapps/grappas in Germany and Italy.

As for the name of that Brandy Kenyth... hilarious description

Cognac (and Armanac) is a type of brandy, it is named after the region within which the two best growing regions are called Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne. Now, the thing is that describes the grape from which it is made. Also they are aged slightly differently than say a more traditional English brand of Brandy since it is moved to previously used barrels in order to prevent the taste being too "oaky". This is the reason I can still drink Cognac, but not an old school Brandy.


-W.