What goes with brandy
Brandy is the collective name for distilled wine. Cognac and armagnac fall under it, but the Spanish brandy de Jerez and the Dutch vieux follow the same idea too.
What the brandy has aged in matters most. A cask that previously held sherry gives raisin and nut; a new oak cask gives vanilla and coconut.
Brandy is the classic after-dinner drink, but a younger bottle also works well as a long drink, with ginger beer or with sparkling water and a twist of lemon peel.
How to serve it
- Glass
- A tulip glass, not too large.
- Temperature
- Room temperature.
- Neat or mixed
- Older brandy neat; younger brandy works well as a long mixed drink.
What it goes with
- chocolate
- nuts
- dried fruit
- aged cheese
- apple pie
- coffee
This applies to the type as a whole. What an individual bottle does is on the page of that bottle.
All 66 brandies on the shelfAll recommendations from ’t Bockje
A recommendation of its own with every bottle of brandy
The page of every bottle of brandy from the shop has its own recommendation: something for the meal or drinks, a cheese and something for afterwards, with the shopping list and the preparation.