Post #136557 by the drunken hat on Thu, Jan 20, 2005 4:29 PM

On 2005-01-20 15:30, Trader Woody wrote:

On 2005-01-20 14:46, the drunken hat wrote:
i use a spanish brandy called fundador solera reserve. it has a great flavor and i think i paid something like 15-20 bucks. a bottle of brandy goes a long way when mixing tropical drinks so spend a little cash and get a good bottle.

Just to clarify, I was pointing out that these brandies cost next to nothing in their countries of origin - I wasn't promoting buying the cheapest you can find. The one you mentioned costs about $7 in Spain, but triple that in the UK. France has a lot of really good brandies that cost next to nothing over there, but are very expensive in the UK.
I'd just advise people not to splash out on VSOP/XO fine brandies when their taste is going to get overpowered by the rest of the ingredients.

I understand there's a Mexican brand called Presidente that might be good for mixing & affordable. Anyone tried it?

Trader Woody

woody~ no sweat bruddah. i wasn't jabbin at you. as a matter of fact i couldn't agree with you more. mixing a vsop in a cocktail would be a sin!

my point was that here in the U S we have E&J or christian brothers in that price range. these are CRAP not worthy of the bottle let alone tainting a cocktail with!

presidente is good brandy and is in the $10-$15 range around here i think. i have had it and it is way better than the low cost stuff made stateside.