Do you drink brandy?

[SuperDuck]

I've only lived in Wisconsin for a few years, but I just found out over the weekend that drinking brandy is a very "Wisconsin" thing to do. I had no idea, honestly.

We were having a party on Saturday night, and a friend of mine brought over a bottle of Korbel. It tasted pretty good and got the job done. It was my first experience with brandy and I could consider it a success. (I woke up the next morning feeling like a million bucks - also a good sign.)

I'm looking forward to going out somewhere and getting a Brandy Old Fashioned.

Do people drink brandy in your area? How about your age group? Is it an "old person's drink?"

[Asa Samuel]

I'll drink it if its there, but I prefer whisky.

[Deacon_Blues]

I enjoy this one:



Good and relatively cheap, way cheaper than most real cognac at least.

[ryco]

I'll drink it once in awhile



this is a nice winter sipper. Warm slightly

[Tsal]

Originally Posted by SuperDuck

Do people drink brandy in your area? How about your age group? Is it an "old person's drink?"

It is a bit "old person's drink", just like cognac is. However, be sure to try it in the coffee with some sugar and cream.

[Deluge Of Sound]

I hear she's a fine girl, and what a good wife she would be.

[Liko]

Originally Posted by SuperDuck

Do people drink brandy in your area? How about your age group? Is it an "old person's drink?"

Brandy = failed cognac. There are some brandy mixers I like, but for a sippin' spirit, make mine Courvoisier VSOP (I can get it for $36, something like 5 bux a handle more expensive than the VS, and still about $15-20 cheaper than the same grade of Hennessey). As far as its popularity, this is Texas; The masses mostly drink beer (Shiner ), the girls drink vodka (Tito's ), and real men drink whisky; bourbon or Scotch, doesn't really matter long as it's straight. You won't be laughed at for a vodka martini, margarita, Manhattan or Jack/Jim/Captain & Coke, but appletinis, granatinis, whisky mixers, or any other flavored "up" or frozen drink is generally seen as wussy. As far as brandies/cognacs, you generally get a little respect for drinking em straight just like Scotch, but it generally has one of two images, either in an after-dinner jacket with a cigar in hand, or riding around the 'hood in your friend's pimped-out ride suckin' it straight from the bottle. Either way, a white middle-class guy in a t-shirt at the local dive looks a little pretentious ordering a brandy.

[bassteban]

No.

[Chipsonfire]

I had a really cheap brandy once (like $10 a fifth) and it wasn't half bad. Drank it with a few friends, all low 20s. Drank it straight, of course
As for the question do people drink it here, the answer is no, people almost never drink it around here.

[TSanders]

Ive tried a lot in my years, but never brandy.

[MatticusMania]

I first drank brandy when I was 16. My ex wife had a penchant for brandy, but never the good stuff.

[davetakis]

i used to LOVE remy martin vsop, a lot.

[superbassman2000]

being from WI i have been arould brandy all my life--I like it a lot! actually I have only been drinking brandy old fashions for the last month or so as far as alcohol goes

I like blackberry brandy too, but some people complain it's too much like cough syrup

[Deacon_Blues]

Originally Posted by Liko

Brandy = failed cognac.

No. As brandy can only be called cognac if it comes from the cognac region in France, so it has nothing to do with cognac being degraded or so. I enjoy a good brandy as much as I enjoy a good cognac.

The Asbach I posted above can't really be compared to the Hennessy VSOP I have but it's not bad at all, especially considering it's price.

[Joe Gress]

Yup.

[L-A]

Canadian fact: it's good in maple water.

Freshly made, still hot maple water.

[Baryonyx]

It's alright, I don't drink it regularly though. If I'm sitting sipping spirits I'll have a whisky instead.

[BlacksHole]

I like brandy, but I'm old.

[zac2944]

Originally Posted by ryco

I'll drink it once in awhile



this is a nice winter sipper. Warm slightly

+1

B&B is my favorite after dinner drink. I usually get some after a nice meal at a restaurant and enjoy it with a desert. I goes very well with something sweet.

[JQ1986]

I wouldn't really say drinking Brandy is a Wisconsin thing. Black berry brandy is pretty popular around my neck of the woods, but I've been in bars where their brandy bottles have had dust all over them.