You will need
- brandy glass in pear shape with wide bottom and narrow top.
Instruction
1
It is important to remember that wearing the proud name of "brandy" have the right only drinks wine distillates made just two world regions: the French region of Charente (city of Cognac, Jarnac, Segonzac) in Armenia. All other drinks, made by technology of cognac brandy. Including those produced in the former Soviet Union. Brandy these spirits are called only in the domestic market on the basis of trade agreements.
Therefore, look at a label indicating the manufacturer. It is easy to find in the Internet the producers of this brandy. If the name specified on the label is not in the list of licensed producers of cognacand, you should consider need to buy this bottle.
Therefore, look at a label indicating the manufacturer. It is easy to find in the Internet the producers of this brandy. If the name specified on the label is not in the list of licensed producers of cognacand, you should consider need to buy this bottle.
2
Pay attention to the price. Real good cognac cannot be cheap. Particular suspicion should cause "aged cognac" at a low price. Brandy, marked KV or X. O., is aged in oak barrels for 6 years, and the price matches the quality.
3
If the appearance of the bottle does not cause you suspicion and details of the manufacturer are true, it's time to look closely at the content. Turn it upside down and see how the cognac trickling down the walls. Real aged cognac reserves a distinct trail that can be seen with the tracks like syrup.
If the liquid inside flows from, and on the bottle says "aged 8 years in oak barrels", then you are fake.
If the liquid inside flows from, and on the bottle says "aged 8 years in oak barrels", then you are fake.
4
Proceed to measure the beverage.
Pour into a special glass little brandy. Touch your finger to the outer glass of the glass below the level of the drink. Then look at the fingerprint through the glass and cognac.
If the trace is clearly visible, so before you quality alcoholic beverage that does not contain impurities.
Pour into a special glass little brandy. Touch your finger to the outer glass of the glass below the level of the drink. Then look at the fingerprint through the glass and cognac.
If the trace is clearly visible, so before you quality alcoholic beverage that does not contain impurities.
5
Now swirl the cognac in the glass and watch for footprints remaining on the glass walls.
The longer the cognac trickling down the walls, the older it is. Cognac five to eight years of exposure leaves a mark, visible for 5 seconds. Traces of cognacand about 20 years old, visible on the walls for 15 seconds. The "old" cognac50 years and older run down my glass for 20 seconds.
The longer the cognac trickling down the walls, the older it is. Cognac five to eight years of exposure leaves a mark, visible for 5 seconds. Traces of cognacand about 20 years old, visible on the walls for 15 seconds. The "old" cognac50 years and older run down my glass for 20 seconds.
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Finally, pour a drop of cognacand empty glass. Rotate the glass so that the liquid is uniformly "smeared" along the walls. Shake to remove excess moisture and bring to his nose. Good cognac is characterized by a variety of different flavors that change each other. Flavors better the older the cognac. Can you fake the color and density of the drink, and even any note of the smell that is present in brandyE. But to convey the combination of scents, to gather them together - is impossible.
Counterfeit cognac does not change its flavor is not "revealed" in the process of evaporation.
Counterfeit cognac does not change its flavor is not "revealed" in the process of evaporation.