Saturday Night Brandy Tasting. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Enjoying some Calvados, apple brandy from Normandy, France.

How was everyone's Saturday?

Film rec: "Anna And The Apocalypse". A British Christmas high school zombie musical, it has some prescient things to say about world-wide disasters, and they're funny as hell...

[niyad]

1. I admire your taste in spirits.

[Aristus]

6. It's my favorite of the brandys I have on hand.

I have some slivovitz and some Napoleon brandy, too. Calvados is the best of the lot.

[flotsam]

2. Brandy sounds like a fine girl....N/T

[Aristus]

7. She is.

Tawny, smooth, slightly sweet, but with a hint of strength underneath. My kind of lady...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

But my question is, how did you learn to like brandy? It tastes to me like some kind of industrial solvent.

[Aristus]

8. I admit it was a bit of an acquired taste, but I'm glad I acquired it.

My step-daughter and son-in-law once sent me a bottle of brandy for Christmas, along with a snifter and a little rack and candle for warming it.

I tried it out just to be polite, and cared more for the effect than the taste; very relaxing...

Over time, I tried out several different varieties; slivovitz tastes the most like the industrial solvent you mentioned. Napoleon brandy is pretty good, but nothing to jump up and down about. Calvados is wonderful.

[SinisterPants]

4. Dear lord, I just watched "Anna And The Apocalypse" 2 weeks ago!

It was funny and charming and made me want to re-watch the musical numbers a few times and sing along!

And yeah, it's got message about the end of the world as we know it.

Sputtered out at the end, I thought, but this should hit the Venn spot between musical fans and zombie apocalypse fans.

[Aristus]

9. Welcome to DU!

Hope you like it here.

My wife and I loved the hell out of the movie. Charming. That's the word. It was very charming.

[MontanaMama]

5. Hallo Aristus.

Saturday was good here in MT. Sunny....warm...thank gawd! I mowed the lawn, moved a rhubarb plant, cleaned the chicken coop, washed my teenagers bedding down to the featherbed...I am tired but experimenting with Skrewball peanut butter whiskey tonight. Mixed with a splash of rye, half and half and a few leaves from my chocolate mint plant on the porch. Cheers! Hope all is good with you.