How To Enjoy Cognac
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I happened upon this wonderful preparation of fine cognac while adventuring in Entebbe, Uganda several years ago. Many people wonder why cognac is so expensive and sought after and I frequently describe this ritual to interested parties, so please enjoy!
In this preparation, I used a tea kettle and tea cup, a brandy snifter, a small pitcher of local honey and a bottle of Remy Martin XO, because it is a nice and accessible cognac.
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I did not have the heart to do this to my Remy Martin. I really wanted to try this so I went to get a cheaper bottle of Meukow 90. I was sceptical on adding Honey but it has changed my life. The honey barely makes it sweeter but complements all of the aeroma from the cognac. Btw I poured less than half of the amount of honey as the video advises. My advice is to at least try it before you judge. Drink it the way you like to and don't let anyone else tell you it is wrong.
I have never seen Cognac served like this before and I live in Cognac.
I drink from bottle. I live in Turkey :))
burdaki gerçek konyak değil birader adamlara mavi ekran verdirceksin :)
@@tatatatann he ben cologne sandim bu konyak mi demis :)
:D :D :D
Is it true that the French don't even like to drink Cognac?
Thank you for sharing.
I just tried this here in the US. I hate cognac but man this was amazing.
I love the Remy Martin XO I buy it all the time
In my opinion, warming glass with hot steam is not good way because in high temperate not only good ingredient but also bad one vaporize up.
So you will feel something rough.
Today an old man asked me to do exactly this for his cognac
Not usually a fan of wicker type things but that serving tray is really something, where might I find one?
To each his own.....
I like honey, but I usually use agave for foods like pancakes or waffles, or as a tea sweetener. Should I try using agave with some cheap Hennessey or Meukow? Or should I stick to using honey? I started drinking my tea with agave after I realized it was the main ingredient in añejo tequila, which is absolutely delicious liquor if you buy quality tequila.
So complicated. I’m happy with my Johnnie blue scotch. Straight on the rocks baby.
how about dipping the whole bottle in a bucket of hot water?
So hows Uganda since the days of Amin
i can almost taste it already lol
It would take me all night 2 get drunk doing this shit fuck that
Tkool your not supposed to get drunk off alcohols like this. Its about the experience and enjoying the drink not getting hammered
Så beutiful down🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
This is (kind of?) like blueberry tea.
Why add honey? Cognac already has all the "caramel" (E150) you could want :)
Alex K, i know where u r coming from, its a known fact cognac producers add additives to some of their products, so is true for other alcohol drinks in general.
this is especially true for entry level drinks, there is less urgency to add for xo and above, from experience remy martin xo looks pretty light colored comparatively speaking, we can easily find vsop looking darker than remy martin xo, that is not their true colour.
at the end of the day i have seen folks who make comment like yours go to the supermarket and pick up biscuits and pastries, they proceed to chomp it all down additives and all while sipping their pure alcoholic spirits.
Jw Wu, No I don't, I maintain a strict stringent list of whiskeys that I won't drink because they include additives, I pay a premium for my "straight" whiskey (mainly bourbon) then I have it with ice made from tap water, I proceed to drown it all down chlorine, fluorine and all.
@@jwwu1342 to be fair, I bake my own pastries, no colorant in my kitchen 😎
@@alexk3088 sure. u got the point. i am sure u grow everything you eat youself too.
@@jwwu1342 nope, I just read ingredients and avoid trivializing issues 😎
Na lol, I’m good
😳🥺 blasphème + sacrilège !!! you're free to do that with a "vs" a regular cognac but not a "xo" please ....
Honestly, this is just some unnecessary, and excessively pretentious fuckery...
You won't diminish the cognac, instead you will add value to the honey.😂
Had a Whiskey and Cognac tasting at my house, and this was the highlight of the evening. Thank you for sharing.
DVSN brought me here
JusticeLoveFire haha same here. She made it look good.
I think the guy in Uganda was bullshitting you.
Erin Allums 😂
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“Just a little bit”, as he pours a full ounce in there..
Obviously you are at liberty to drink your cognac anyway you want; however, the second that you add honey into it, you have created liqueur. You just made a cocktail. Strictly speaking, it is no longer 'cognac'.
Shut up dude. Why you ruin something nice?
With the amounts added and the high alcohol content this would be debatable. Liqueur has a lower alcohol content and unless your adding flavour to a sugar wash its more complex than adding honey and its definitely not a cocktail which typically involves more than One spirit, example rum and coke is just rum and coke like that's just congac and honey.
I actually had cognac like this for the first time few weeks ago, an i must say it tastes delicious like this :D
Try Louis XIII with Manuka Honey please.
Que bueno tiene que estar ese Coñac .
Cuando pueda pruebe el Brandy Luis Felipe, o el Brandy Cardenal Mendoza , o talvez el Brandy Gran Reserva 1886 de las bodegas Larios , in saludo desde Málaga 😊☺️ 😊😊
I like my Hennessy XO neat at room temperature and I use whiskey glasses. To each their own well almost......my best friend drinks xo with ice and coke.....I die a little inside when I see him do this.
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Damn don’t blame you I died some inside
All that poor abused cognac, just wanted to be savored. But instead it's sweet aromas were blended with cheap abundant coca cola. 🤦
I died a lot after reading ice and coke 😱
Something I will never do with an expensive cognac. But I might try with a VSOP.
I agree I think this sounds good tbf, but fuck wasting a bottle of XO cognac like this.
@Time Warp An XO Cognac is a rare and expensive drink that should be enjoyed in its own in my opinion. I'm not going to tell anyone how to live their life, but for me mixing an XO is a waste. Btw I tried this with a VS and it was great, I just personally wouldn't waste an XO by neutering the full taste experience.
all he did was add honey you fucking clown
nonononononono
I was totally curious when the I saw the first part when you were warming up the cognac that is interesting but you lost me when you added honey in your glass. Rule number 1 NEVER EVER put anything with the cognac. I respect your video, but you actually do not respect the cognac at all I mean that is similar as having it on ice which is totally unacceptable for me. But i will definitely try the first part!! thanks !!
This made my $30 Brandy taste much better.
If you drink Remy Martin you have never had a good cognac, sorry for saying but you should try Frapin, Montifaud, Landy, Camus XO's, then Remy Martin is cats' piss with those flavours
Cat's piss might be a bit of a stretch, as it certainly isn't a bad liquor. Those varieties are quite lovely and would certainly work well for the recipe.
Which is ur top one from those?
have you tried hardy's? it's its on the cheap side, but really good
I tried it your way it it was very good
The cardinal rule of bourbon drinkers is "you never tell another person how to enjoy their drink". (response to comments below). I find this ways of drinking cognac fascinating and cannot wait to try it. As a side note reading comments about adding honey was very funny, it's amazing how people do not know cognac is just as at home as a mixer, as it is a straight pour. Thank your for taking the time to make this video. -from one traveler to another.
Jeffrey Lee - just curious- are you the kind of person that gets a stiffy hearing yourself speak?
Jeffrey Lee had my first Hennessy XO at a steakhouse in Dallas called Al Bernaits (highly recommend if ever here) and they served it like this (minus the honey).
It was good presentation and, from a scientific perspective, makes sense.
just heat a little and drink neatly
No one adds honey to Cognac. This is individual preference of Andrew. One of my friend add $1 coke to this Cognac .... another cheap way of diluting the expensive drink.
Wow as a guy who has worked with some of the best wines and spirits on the planet….warming a snifter is fine …..honey works with Louis and no one else….? BS a drop of honey would destroy perfection ……I noted where you had it this way …..and it wasn’t in France
I just sip mine from a cold glass.
Hold the glass in your hand and let you body temperature heat up the glass. The cognac flavour will increase 👌👌👌
@@vinnynoxy wouldn't it also evaporate faster?
@@Bellg hmm maybe. But the heat from your hands is very low
just pour it in the damn glass no ice room temp nd sip it tht simple lol
😂😂
Uganda ??? Really I thought you were going to say north of france or something like that. I would’ve gone who the people that invented
If you can't enjoy cognac as it is out of the bottle then don't drink cognac, pick another drink that is less expensive.
I even mix X.O. wirh Geand Marnier. Think about it. My favorite drinks; Clean Ice Water(I'm from Denver Colorado), Chocolate Milk I'm 32years old, Geand Marnier half and half with Cognac (called a beautiful, and here no XO is really better then another it's just like their saying different things like Remy Martin XO is Bold, Sharp and Dull all in a goodway... Hennessy XO is soft, quite, sleepy, playful but sophisticated and cozy but intentional and ironically enough it is young as it is soft and sweet) Next French Vanilla Ice Cold Brew Coffee (with or with out Grand Marnier) next Orang Coke but I'm also a whiskey drinker (alcoholic, heroin addict and mathematician mind you) and I like what I like. I HAVE heard of cognac being served this way before but I think just another RUclips Channel. I also smoke Cigar, Cigarettes, Pipe and Hooka as well as Marijuana. Where I'm from we are free to do what we want (except have state billed education and health care because we have made the jump from fudilisum to capitalism but not from capitalism to socialism (post scarcity economy Y'all)
What would happen if I drank my Cognac as a normal person would? Like, would I implode or something? Real talk, like I’m seriously asking...
70% of gold exports from Uganda contain 0 gold. Are you sure what you had in Uganda was Cognac? 😂
Wrong way to drink xo . You can see the master blander who make rummy xo that best way to drink is neat or on ice .
is it a cold place where you are enjoying this cognac? Because for me in Singapore its a very hot humid weather...
If cognac makers wanted honey in it they will have added it!🤨
This make more sense than “the warm from your hand will help the process”
My grandfather used to drink Louis XIII mixed with Club Soda.
That's probably a splendid drink, but not with a Remy Martin XO. Perhaps with a VSOP, which is a fraction of the XO's price. Oh, in case you missed it, at 4:16, he says that this is how he experienced cognac in a very poor part of Africa. In the US, I've seen African-Americans mix whole milk into fine cognac. Sacrilegious.
I have NEVER done that.
African Americans also kill each other, drop out of school, believe working at Taco Bell is a career, have several illegitimate children on welfare, and always carry a fire arm. They’re probably not the proper gauge to use for this example.
Ben V You are obviously a racist. That said, none of what you say is true. Lame as hell. Probably wouldn't say that to any African American's face.
RNB hmm why did that have to be black why didn’t you just say people... people you’ve seen pour whole milk into a good cognac..
very racist set up
Here in the USA the "incredible hulk" also became very popular in night clubs a mix of Hpnotiq and cognac.
What's wrong with just cupping the glass
Must try , for any cognac enthusiast!
I don't know how it tastes (will try later) but it looks very exquisite:) Thanks! Could you clarify how high is the water level in the cup? Does the hot water touch the glass or not?
Wow!! Changed the flavor, aroma, and made it way smoother!! Thanks for sharing!
I remember when this cognac was served to me in a flaming glass, in a nice restaurant.
I’ve had Cognac served this way a number of times in English country pubs without being asked (without the honey) I think it is a British method for serving cognac in Winter - maybe after a fox hunt or the like. I have not seen it done anywhere else apart from once. In Australia Cognac comes 1 way: with ice. However, I was offered this warmed up version once by a barmaid in Adelaide and when I asked her about it, she told me she had worked in a high end gentleman’s club in London so it may have originated in that kind of environment. Has to be said, it’s a great way to serve and drink cognac. PS keep the bottle from making contact with the glass when you are pouring, it breaks the moment.
Also a thing in Spain.
Terrific Andrew. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and the "right method" to enjoy Cognac. I'll have to get my elements ready and definitely try this amazing way. All the best!
Throw honey in a remy martin x.o? Not in a 1000 years
You'll get the same effect when you drink Dom Perignon while chewing Skittles.
I prefer glengoolie blue and gummy bears
@@PippinPuppin I'll have to try that!
I prefer cold one with pipe with good tobbaco or good cigar
I’m just getting over the flu and this is something I would definitely enjoy for my sore throat right now.
Hi Andrew, thanks for sharing. It is very interesting to know/learn. I should try this.
When you own something you can drink whichever way u like
I am so glad that my favorite spirit - single malt Scotch - is not associated with all the various gimmick rituals to try to justify the high price. And I say that as someone who likes Cognac and Armagnac.
You have to be kidding yourself there I have seen so many gimmicky rituals applied to scotch. With both liquids you are paying extra just for the name of a region that marketing claims is superior that is a gimmick in it of itself. People buy special water to add to their scotch that they have scientifically measured out and don't forget the people who only drink it on the rocks. Then you also have the boxes that tell you what cigars to pair etc don't tell me that isn't a ritual. Alcohol is marketing no matter what the booze taste like if it is in a beautiful bottle from a region that has a brand name people will buy it champagne scotch cognac it is all just branding and they are masters at it.
Good observations, there, but let's go a tad deeper.
1. Paying "extra just for the name" - unfortunately happens to certain brands, a little cognac-ization of image. Not quite as pervasive as Cognac, though. Certain cognac voices claim that one region of Cognac is superior to another. With Scotch the regions are DIFFERENT and distinct, not superior. It's a "try them all" deal. Some people end up preferring a certain one style. I like them all. I wouldn't call regions a gimmick, though. With Cognac and Armagnac grapes have strong terroir variations, so it's a given. They're different, even every year is different (whether Grand Champagne is superior to other regions may be a matter of taste). With whisky terroir can be composed of grain, yeast, malting and kilning techniques and water source as well as greater variation of casks/oak.
2. Adding water to aged spirits in itself is not a gimmick (and Cognac/Armagnac drinkers should learn it). There is plenty of explanations on that. As to using water from a specific region, that might be geeky, but it may have some merit (unlike warming of cognac). I'd love to see distilleries offering gift packs that include a bottle of their local water used to produce the malt. Only common sense that the mineral content that matches the water used to produce would work well with the malt - may not be noticeable to everyone. I, for one, wouldn't pay extra for it, but would love to try it. This would be a "good" gimmick :) But most serious whisky-philes use good clean water, this is not a pervasive gimmick.
3. People who "only drink it on the rocks" (many a Cognac expression is advertised as being good with ice). I am not one of them but adding ice to a beverage is not a gimmick or a ritual, it cools and dilutes. It's a basic cocktail, that's all. I don't like it but at the same time it's everyone's own preference and taste. If you meant actual stones, again, that's not a ritual, just a device to chill the drink.
4. Pairing of cigars... I don't smoke and it's a niche at best. In fact, the whole thing was invented by the British - smoking cigars with cognac from baloon glasses warmed with a candle, etc. This is a cognac gimmick that crossed over ;)
5. I would not group whisky, cognac and other fine spirits with just generic alcohol and "booze". Best examples of all of the noble spirits come in simple bottles. Some of the better cognacs and armagnacs are sold in very simple rustic bottles with simple labels. The blended blingy-bottle "big name" cognac that is so popular with pimps and rappers is but the tip of the iceberg. There are lots of craft "single" cognacs (single cru, single grape, single vineyard, single barrel, etc.) that are offered at a higher abv, non-chill filtered and without the use of colorants and sweeteners like the mainstream blends.
Now, I could point fingers at the likes of Macallan who jump the shark on marketing but Macallan is still a fine malt and is an actual distillery, even if overhyped. It has history and provenance. The "big boys" of Cognac houses are typically négociants , blenders, they are not the ones growing and distilling. They're more like Johnnie Walker. Their product is designed and tailored to the audience. You probably get more information on provenance with JW than you do with the mainstream Cognac blends/brands.
I just take mine straight
Bruh I tried this on vacation to Berlin. This shit kicks in so nice man
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great for corona-season
You're just being ridiculous.
Great video.. Gonna try it. Thanks
Bro? why are you making fun of expensive cognac? buy a $ 15 brandy and at least boil it. Lord...
It's really unique way...
This was so cute 🤓 I love Cognac , I wonder where I could find more spiritual elixir rituals
..I love this, its very relaxing, lovely and elegant, thanks for sharing my friend..♥
Interesting way to drink cognac. Thanks for sharing.
Such ceremonious claptrap. Just find a quiet corner, light up a cigar and enjoy your glass of Cognac.
Thanks for the info, I will try it.
Not knocking anyone else's way of enjoying cognac but for me thats just doing wayyy too much. I'm ready to have my drink the moment Its poured. Don't have time to sit & watch It do a dance performance in a glass.
OMG!!!! Are you crazy???
Seems criminal to add honey..
*proceeds to add honey*
Will be trying this today, not going to use an XO fuck that, but gona give it a go with a VS hennessy I imagine it takes a bit of the harshness out of a less refined cognac. Excited to give it a go tbh.
That must be an intense but smooth drink. Thanks for the lesson 🥃🍯🍵🫖♥️😊
C-aw-gnac lols
errrrrrrrrrug lekkkkkkkerrrrrrr !!!! 👍
Interesting! Thank you
Enjoying Hennessy VSOP Privilege at the moment
This how to boil away the alkahol.
Man if you put a little bit of lemon juice in there you got a hot totty.
impressive
Interesting
dope
Take my with kiwi strawberry Snapple.
you remind me of the guy from american vandal season 2
ever heard cognac with coffee? lul nvm
Will try this after work with some asbach
This was the best thank u for sharing
I have recently started with cognac and this seems an interesting way to drink it. cheers