BRANDY
PRESENTED BY:-
GURU SAI RAM ATMURI

INTRODUCTION
• BRANDY IS A SPIRIT PRODUCED BY DISTILLING WINE. BRANDY GENERALLY
CONTAINS 35–60% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME AND IS TYPICALLY TAKEN AS AN
AFTER-DINNER DRINK.
• SOME BRANDIES ARE AGED IN WOODEN CASKS, SOME ARE COLOURED WITH
CARAMEL COLOURING TO IMITATE THE EFFECT OF AGING, AND SOME
BRANDIES ARE PRODUCED USING A COMBINATION OF BOTH AGING AND
COLOURING.
• IN BROADER SENSE, THE TERM "BRANDY" ALSO DENOTES LIQUORS OBTAINED
FROM DISTILLATION OF POMACE (POMACE BRANDY) OR MASH OR WINE OF
ANY OTHER FRUIT (FRUIT BRANDY).THESE PRODUCTS ARE ALSO NAMED
EAUX-DE-VIE.

ORIGIN AND MANUFACTURE
• THE ORIGINS OF BRANDY WERE CLEARLY TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
DISTILLATION. WHILE THE PROCESS WAS KNOWN IN THE CLASSICAL TIMES, IT
WASN'T USED FOR SIGNIFICANT BEVERAGE PRODUCTION UP UNTIL THE 15TH
CENTURY.
• A CUCURBIT WAS FILLED HALF FULL OF THE LIQUOR FROM WHICH BRANDY
WAS TO BE DRAWN AND THEN RAISED WITH A LITTLE FIRE UNTIL ABOUT ONE
SIXTH PART WAS DISTILLED, OR UNTIL THAT WHICH FALLS INTO THE RECEIVER
WAS ENTIRELY FLAMMABLE. THIS LIQUOR, DISTILLED ONLY ONCE, WAS
CALLED SPIRIT OF WINE OR BRANDY. PURIFIED BY ANOTHER DISTILLATION (OR
SEVERAL MORE), THIS WAS THEN CALLED SPIRIT OF WINE RECTIFIED.

CLASSIFICATION
COGNAC
• COGNAC, NAMED AFTER THE
TOWN OF COGNAC IN FRANCE, IS
A VARIETY OF BRANDY. IT IS
PRODUCED IN THE WINE-
GROWING REGION
SURROUNDING THE TOWN FROM
WHICH IT TAKES ITS NAME, IN THE
FRENCH DEPARTEMENTS OF
CHARENTE AND CHARENTE-
MARITIME.
ARMAGNAC
• ARMAGNAC IS A DISTINCTIVE
KIND OF BRANDY PRODUCED IN
THE ARMAGNAC REGION IN
GASCONY, SOUTHWEST
FRANCE.

MANUFACTURE
• INITIALLY WINE WAS DISTILLED AS A PRESERVATION METHOD AND AS A WAY TO
MAKE IT EASIER FOR MERCHANTS TO TRANSPORT. IT IS ALSO THOUGHT THAT
WINE WAS ORIGINALLY DISTILLED TO LESSEN THE TAX WHICH WAS ASSESSED
BY VOLUME. THE INTENT WAS TO ADD THE WATER REMOVED BY DISTILLATION
BACK TO THE BRANDY SHORTLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION.

AGING
• AFTER DISTILLATION, THE UNAGED BRANDY IS PLACED INTO OAK BARRELS TO
MATURE. USUALLY, BRANDIES WITH A NATURAL GOLDEN OR BROWN COLOUR
ARE AGED IN OAK CASKS (SINGLE-BARREL AGING). SOME BRANDIES,
PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM SPAIN, ARE AGED USING THE SOLERA SYSTEM,
WHERE THE SPIRIT CHANGES THE BARREL EACH YEAR. AFTER A PERIOD OF
AGING, WHICH DEPENDS ON THE STYLE, CLASS AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS,
THE MATURE BRANDY IS MIXED WITH DISTILLED WATER TO REDUCE ALCOHOL
CONCENTRATION AND BOTTLED. SOME BRANDIES HAVE CARAMEL COLOUR
AND SUGAR ADDED TO SIMULATE THE APPEARANCE OF BARREL AGING.

FAMOUS BRANDS
• CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
• E&J GALLO
• KORBEL
• DARROZE
• BARON DE SIGOGNAC
• LARRESSINGLE
• DELORD
• LAUBADE
• GÉLAS
• JANNEAU

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