Question about Cognac

[H3D]

Technically yes, but there are subtle differences in cognac and brandy. It's similar to the difference between champagne, which only comes from the Champagne region of France, and other sparkling wines. There is a difference in taste (to me anyway). Cognac only comes from the Cognac region in France. If you are a conossieur, you can easily tell a difference between Courvoisier cognac (sweeter and with more body) and a Remy Martin or Hennesy brandy, which are definitely stronger-tasting and less sweet.

The fact that Cognac is a brandy has nothing to with the way it tastes. Cognac is a brandy because of the way it is made. The same reason Champagne is a sparkling wine; the same reason Bourbon is a whiskey; etc., etc., etc.

Sorry to go soo far off topic...

 

[Raven1]

So you would equate Scotch and Bourbon as the same thing even though they taste different? Well, to each his own I guess!

 

[hueysds]

So you would equate Scotch and Bourbon as the same thing even though they taste different? Well, to each his own I guess!

I hate to get in the middle of this since it sounds like it's getting a lil on the heated side, but technically yes, scotch and bourbon are both whiskey, even though they taste different.

EDIT: or was that the point that you were trying to make, they are both whiskey, but are not equal?

 

[Raven1]

Haha. Yes, that's my point. I know brandy/cognac is derived from grapes and whiskey is derived from grain. But then you get into barley vs. wheat, corn, rye, or what have you, malt vs. no malt, blends vs. single malt, etc. It's the same, but at the same time it's different.

 

[H3D]

But that can be said of every single type of alcohol there is.