Cognac: benefits, types and recipes

C offensive winter period and season cold weather many I want keep warm. Alone use for this tea, others woolen socks and plaid. However yes such, which prefer keep warm from the inside at help alcohol. One from such warming drinks is cognac. Drink has rich taste, aroma and amber shade.

Benefit cognac

For started should repeat, what cognac in small doses nice and quickly warms. Some prefer consume him, adding in tea, or coffee. Also him use in cooking, at manufacturing baking, desserts, creams, sauces, cocktails. B drink contained tanning substances, thanks which organism better perceives vitamin C.

Exactly by this reason many people at colds diseases prefer get treatment cognac.  At the same time he improves production gastric juice and raises appetite, what beneficial influences on exchange substances and fight with infections and viruses, expanding vessels and improving work hearts.

Ppositive influence several droplets in day on:

• sea illness;
• diseases gums, teeth;
• angina pectoris and hypertension;
• acne rash;
• head ones pain;
• rheumatism;
• bruises, sprains;
• improvement immune systems;
• gastric spasms;
• nervous voltage and stress.

True, to get by—present healing effect, better total acquire dear and good drink, after all all benefit depends exactly from quality and excerpts.

Cognac also useful at sore throat and bronchitis. By mixing him with water, milk and juice lemon, recommended rinse throat. Stopochka drink before sleep will serve wonderful sleeping pills,  will allow relax and remove tension accumulated during the day.

B small quantities cognac recommended consume for improvements memory and hearing. Cognac I use also and in cosmetology. His add in various masks for faces, hair and body.

For account that, what drink expands vessels and makes it easier work hearts, he very useful for male potency, and erection holds on quite long.

Harm cognac

Harm in given drink less, than benefits, but everything—after all he yes. For started worth it note, what any alcohol should consume in moderate quantities. If same abuse them, then you can turn into in alcoholic (causes addictive and addiction), and with in a bunch diseases.

Not recommended consume cognac pregnant women and nursing women, persons younger 18 years, people, those suffering sugar diabetes, hypertension, disease kidney, gall bubble. Calorie content drink quite high, therefore people with superfluous weight he also not recommended. A little higher you already were able find out about benefit cognac for male dignity, however if overdo it with  drink, then potency maybe very strongly get hurt.

Species cognac

Having studied label any cognac, you you can find out deadline excerpts drink and district origin.
By origin cognac shares on:

• Ukrainian;
• Armenian;
• Russian;
• Georgian;
• Moldavian;
• Azerbaijani.

By endurance (in Russia):

• HF (cognac seasoned) – drink, excerpt which not less six years;
• KVVK (cognac seasoned higher quality) – not less eight years;
• KS (cognac old) and OS (very old) – not less 10—15 years;
• vintage cognac – not less six years, share alcohol 40—57 %, sugar not more 2,5 %;
• ordinary – not less 3—5 years;
• cognac special names – not less 4 years.

The rest:

• V.S. (Very Special or Trois Etoiles – three stellar) – drink seasoned in barrel not less 2,5 years;
• V.O. (Very Old), Reserve – very old drink;
• V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale) – old, light and quite high quality drink, excerpt which not less 4 years in barrel;
• V.V.S.O.P. (Very—Very Superior Old Pale) – light, old and very—very high quality drink, excerpt in barrels not less five years;
• X.O. (Extra Old) – drink extra class, old, excerpt in barrels not less six years.

Drinks, seasoned more six years, not classified, yes how considered, what produce control blending on deadline more 6 years impossible.

Taste cognac

Any bottle cognac has yours unusual taste, with condition, what this is good drink, a not « palenka». He not should be on taste how undiluted alcohol and smell accordingly. So, any cognac varies those, in which one barrel and with than he sustained.

K example, at ordinary simple taste, with small a note sharpness and pungency, a here at vintage he on the contrary soft and harmonious, buttery, with shades oak wood. U any vintage cognac prevails vanilla—floral gamma with light shades: chocolate, resins, flowers in field or blooming garden.

Specialists in this region allocate three stage smells:

1. Vanilla aroma on distance 5 cm from glasses.
2. Floral, or fruity aroma (rose, lilac, apricot) at himself glasses.
3. A  if lower nose in glass with cognac, then you can distinguish mixture excerpts.

Empty glass should have lightweight pleasant vanilla aroma, holding on a couple days.

After that, how you enjoy everyone stages smells, you can try drink on taste small sips, feeling, how he spills by everything mouth. Consume cognac should warm, in ideally room temperature. When this better total not have a snack and not eat, otherwise  not hfelt taste and bouquet alcohol.

How choose cognac

Very often, at choice cognac, man thinks, what than more asterisks drawn on label, those better. This not always right, a here how choose good drink and not make a mistake, you find out below.

• Any alcoholic drink, in volume number and cognacs, necessary acquire only in specialized stores, so that avoid fakes. More often total there work sellers—consultants, helping cope with choice, they they'll tell you and will show everything, what you will be of interest.
• Price – worth it take into account everything costs manufacturers (time, working strength, excerpt, delivery), therefore good drink never not there will be cost little. Than higher price, those better quality alcohol.
• Bottle – also worth it convert attention on container, in which is located drink. She necessarily should be glass. B plastic strong alcohol highlights harmful substances. Solid companies more often total presented yours product in ordinary bottles, a not in artsy. Beautiful issued bottles – this is not always good cognac. Also on bottle not should be chips, scratches.
• Cover – she should be from tree, silicone, or compressed sawdust, tight closed, without traces glue.
• Label – on her should be indicated: where and when produced drink, age, view. B composition not should be dyes, flavorings, rectification alcohol. On day containers not should be draft and somewhat cloudy liquids, a shade drink should remind good tea.
• Also you can turn over bottle with alcohol – if stayed drop, which later several seconds starts drain, means drink good quality.
• Smell – if yes opportunity sniff contents bottles, then not push away her. High quality cognac not should have specific smell alcohol.

Recipes cognac

Cognac you can not only purchase in stores, but manufacture at home on your own. Recipes yes the most various from simple up to very complex and long by time.

Recipe 1

What will be needed:

• 2 l alcohol, or vodka;
• 2 liters clean water;
• 1,5 spoons dry tea leaves tea;
• 30 berries rosehip;
• pepper black – 4—5 peas;
• 3 spoons sugar sand;
• slivers bark oak – 70 g.

Necessary take clean glass capacity, put in her berries, spices, sugar sand and alcohol, previously diluted. Tight close lid capacity and remove in cool place where no light. Later 7—8 days shake bottle and remove in warm place on a couple weeks. Before those, how consume drink, should him strain, overflow in comfortable for you capacity.

Recipe 2

What will be needed:

• 3 bottles vodka by 1,5 l;
• 6 glasses sugar sand;
• 200 g black chocolate;
• couple glasses milk;
• bag vanilla sugar;
• 1,5 glasses water.

Chocolate tiles should rub on small grater and melt at help water baths. When chocolate will melt, need pour in vanilla sugar and pour in vodka. Carefully stir, remove with slabs, cool down and pour over in glass capacity. Remove in cool place on several days, daily stirring mass. Via 7 days do from sugar sand and water syrup, strain chocolate drink, pour in syrup and in cold place insist 3—4 weeks.

Recipe 3

Composition:

• bag vanillin;
• carnation;
• nut nutmeg;
• 3 liters vodka;
• couple spoon sugar sand;
• 3 spoons oak bark.

B glass container pour in vodka. pour on spoon sugar sand and warm up over fire, bye not will start melt. Burnt sugar shift in container with vodka, at the same time falling asleep remaining components. Carefully stir, tight close lid and remove in cold place on month. Express and pour over in comfortable capacity.

Recipe 4

Ingredients:

• floor liters vodka;
• 6—7 walnuts nuts;
• 50 g ginger root;
• bag vanillin;
• 200 g sugar sand.

Ginger rub on grater, a nuts grind. Fold everything in glass container together with sugar sand, vanilla, vodka. Tight close, shake and remove in cool place on a couple weeks. Then express drink.

Recipe 5

What will be needed:

• three liters vodka;
• bag vanilla sugar;
• carnation;
• couple spoon ground cinnamon;
• three spoons sugar sand;
• three spoons soluble coffee.

Take clean container and fold there everything components, carefully mix and tight close, removing in dark place on month. Later due time express in comfortable containers.

Recipe 6

Composition:

• 3 spoons sugar sand;
• 4—5 peas black pepper;
• 3 l vodka;
• spoon tea room tea leaves;
• spoon mint;
• bag vanillin;
• bitter pepper.

All components mix, bay vodka. Remove in dark cold place on 20 days. Before application strain.

Cocktails with cognac

Cognac you can consume not only in clean form or with coffee and tea, but yet from him you can do delicious cocktails.

• Will need cognac and coca—cola in equal quantities, a also cubes ice. Fall asleep icy pieces in glass, mix alcohol with soda. By taste some add juice lemon.
• Brew cup coffee, add in him a couple spoon cognac and 1—2 spoons sugar sand. After what pour over in glass.
• Mix at help shaker 10 ml mint liqueur, 10 ml absinthe and 40 ml cognac. After him pour over drink in glass.
• When help blender beat 30 ml chocolate liqueur, 30 ml fatty cream, a little ice and 30 ml cognac. Then pour over drink in glass.
• B shaker mix 25 ml martini, 20 ml cognac, 20 ml peach, grapefruit juice, a little bit ice. Pouring this one drink in glass for martini, on top decorate olive.
• C with help shaker connect 10 ml white wine, 10 ml liqueur Cointreau and 40 ml cognac. Fill in chilled glass.
• Slice on small pieces banana. 130 ml milk and 250 g ice cream beat at help blender. Then pour in cognac, and put banana. Beat up to homogeneous consistency. Fill in glass and submit with straw.
• Blender beat spoon fresh raspberries, 30 ml cognac, 30 ml juice orange. Fill in glass, decorate piece orange.
• Mix with with help blender banana, 20 ml cognac, 40 ml fatty cream, 20 ml peach liqueur. Pour over in glass, decorating grated chocolate shavings.
• Mix in shaker 50 ml juice grapefruit, 35 ml cognac, chicken egg, 15 ml lemon juice, a couple spoon honey. Place in glass ice, pour in drink and add 50 ml mineral water.
• Take wide glass, sprinkle a little ice. From above fall asleep 50 g raspberries, strawberries, peaches, or pears. Then pour in big spoon cognac, spoon cherry liqueur, juice lemon and spoon champagne.
• Connect in shaker 15 ml lemon juice, 35 ml cognac, a couple spoon sugar syrup. B high glass fall asleep ice, pour out drink and top up in him 100 ml champagne.
• B shaker stir 10 ml syrup Grenadine, 30 ml juice lime and 50 ml cognac. Then pour over in wine glass under champagne.
• Boil cup coffee, cool down. B high glass fall asleep chopped ice, pour in 50 ml coffee, 10 ml cognac and 100 ml coca—cola.