Episode 97: Brandy What's the deal?

Wow! A real mixed bag of goodies for you in this one.
1) St Rémy XO Brandy France (Waitrose, £22.50)
2) Vecchia Romagna Brandy, Italy (Waitrose, £26.00)
3) Fernando de Castilla Reserva Brandy de Jerez, Spain (The Whisky Exchange, £49.95)
4) KWV Pot-stilled 10 Year Old Brandy, South Africa (The Whisky Exchange, £22.45)
5) Van Ryn 12 Year Old, Distell, South Africa (Amazon, circa. £30)
Don't forget...
6) Asbach 8 (Acht), Rüdesheim, Germany (The Whisky Exchange, £40.45)

Пікірлер: 26

  • @rudidelport8324
    @rudidelport83242 жыл бұрын

    KWV brandies are fantastic! I really like the 15 year

  • @luthandongcanga3121
    @luthandongcanga31213 жыл бұрын

    The Van Ryn 12 Year Old, without a doubt one of the most underrated brandys out there!

  • @vicbanks9079
    @vicbanks90792 жыл бұрын

    why aren't you getting 200K+ viewings...superbly articulate...and glad you're going away from the Alpha level cognacs...and turning the light on for superb winter sips with an educated glow. Thanks man.

  • @vicbanks9079

    @vicbanks9079

    2 жыл бұрын

    Van Ryn can't be found Stateside.boo!!

  • @rmap2783
    @rmap27832 жыл бұрын

    You should try, if you get the chance, the brandy from Moldova, like: Călărași, Bardar, Cricova, Kvint, Barza Albă, Vartely. Excellent value for money! We get it here in Romania for about 10£ a 0,5 litre bottle of XO (more than 7 years old). The guys from Moldova, Armenia and Georgia were the brandy and wine producers of the former USSR, so they know what they are doing. Ararat from Armenia is a class above all of the others, though, especially after they were bought by the French. But the price is higher too.

  • @Stu-Vino
    @Stu-Vino3 жыл бұрын

    Damn, that's another few bottles on to the shopping list :-)

  • @antonioedwards1309
    @antonioedwards13096 ай бұрын

    We need people like you, never stop. Make KZread great again.

  • @TheDrinksCoachUK

    @TheDrinksCoachUK

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Antonio!

  • @strussdo
    @strussdo3 жыл бұрын

    Shout Out KWV

  • @TheDrinksCoachUK

    @TheDrinksCoachUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    You know it brother. AMAZING brandy.

  • @therealplato4406
    @therealplato44062 жыл бұрын

    As a South African, I know KWV all too well. You'll almost never find a house without some variety of KWV. We have a massive brady culture and I'm grateful for the wonderful brandy and wine producers in our country.

  • @TheDrinksCoachUK

    @TheDrinksCoachUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    Soooo good. Surely KWV 10 is the best value brandy in the world? ;-))

  • @ItumelengS

    @ItumelengS

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheDrinksCoachUK I would want to buy the 15 or XO, but the 10 my goodness. I just can't go past it

  • @joaquinjanicke5334
    @joaquinjanicke53342 жыл бұрын

    My parents bought a bottle of kwv for their honeymoon in '95 and they were saving it for their 25th anniversary, not knowing this I got into it as a young teen and now I just ordered a new bottle for their 25th, sadly its not "35 years" aged as they wished

  • @michaelventer885
    @michaelventer8852 жыл бұрын

    Cape Brandy/Congac, is very, very good and with a long history from the French Huguenots.

  • @tbktthebigkidsteam8210
    @tbktthebigkidsteam82102 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed this video thank you for sharing I really do enjoy my brandies and Cognacs

  • @IceReef
    @IceReef Жыл бұрын

    The St Remy XO is delicious stuff - I've only just got in to Brandy, but this stuff surpassed my expectations!

  • @gghostrrider

    @gghostrrider

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m drinking the VSOP, very nice. I’m new to Brandy also.

  • @MrROTD
    @MrROTD8 ай бұрын

    Im a longtime drinker of whiskey vodka beer and now Im getting into Brandy because i got gifted a bottle of cheap French stuff and really liked it now I bought a cheap bottle of South African brandy and I'm in love and want more.

  • @TheDrinksCoachUK

    @TheDrinksCoachUK

    8 ай бұрын

    That Joe started! It’s the least fashionable spirit right now, because the usual times to drink it have disappeared, you know, after a 5 course meal in a restaurant, with a cigar etc. These are such good products. You must buy KWV 10 Year old! www.drinksdirect.com/kwv-10-year-old-brandy-70cl-2767 It’s a bargain, and a banger!

  • @neshi6249
    @neshi6249 Жыл бұрын

    enjoyed preety much review✊👌👌

  • @simphiwebanelezondi2560
    @simphiwebanelezondi2560 Жыл бұрын

    Haven’t drank any brandy cause people around me have gave it a bad name. Always see the KWV I’m gonna try now. I’m from and in South Africa lol I feel ashamed but I have been mostly a whiskey person in my defence. Looking forward to trying this stuff

  • @BackLooking
    @BackLooking2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, I´ve just bought St Rémy XO to try. I´m a whisky/bourbon drinker and I´d like to try some brandy too. My first brandy was Camus VSOP which isn´t bad at all. Are there some rules for brandy? Like - are the producers allowed to add any coloring or any other stuff to the brandy?

  • @pemacal57
    @pemacal577 ай бұрын

    I am not speaking about COGNAC…I, humbly, speak about “BRANDY”….Spanish JEREZ, Xeres, …best elixir in the world. My prefered one…CARDENAL MENDOZA GR…no one word more I need

  • @Sea_Enjoyer
    @Sea_Enjoyer Жыл бұрын

    Champagne was an English invention by the way.

  • @mikelong110
    @mikelong110 Жыл бұрын

    st Remy xo is a 6 yr old, fyi, coach.