Brandy Brands: Types, Proof, and How They Differ
Brandy is a distilled-wine class under 27 CFR 5.145. Cognac is a subset. Typical US bottles are 40% — one drink per 1.5 oz. Not a ranking.
Brandy is a distilled-wine class under 27 CFR 5.145. Cognac is a subset. Typical US bottles are 40% — one drink per 1.5 oz. Not a ranking.
These are different legal classes, not a trophy stack. Bourbon is 27 CFR 5.143. Scotch is SWR 2009. Whiskey is the family. Brandy / Cognac is 27 CFR 5.145 / BNIC. Typical 40% pour is one drink.
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Grey Goose Original is distilled once. Official 40%/80. France. No five-times lock this fetch. No invented column-still hours. Bacardi owns the brand.
Grey Goose flagship and Absolut Original are both typically 40% ABV. Grey Goose is French wheat (Bacardi). Absolut is Swedish winter wheat (Pernod). A 1.5 oz pour is one drink.
1792 Small Batch is a Barton 1792 / Sazerac Kentucky straight bourbon. US listings commonly print 93.7 proof / 46.85% ABV — about 1.17 drinks per 1.5 oz. Confirm the neck. No invented MSRP.
Cognac is brandy from the Cognac AOC: specified grapes, double pot still, oak, BNIC ages. All cognac is brandy; most brandy is not cognac. A 1.5 oz 40% pour is one standard drink.
Typical 80-proof vodka can produce ignitable vapor. NIOSH 55°F is ethyl alcohol, not a brand flash point. Not a flaming-shot recipe.
US vodka is 27 CFR 5.142, bottled at not less than 40%. Best is not a class. Tito’s official 40%/80/98. No ranking.
Brandy is distilled (5.145). Wine is fermented (Part 4). Typical brandy 40% FLAG. Typical table ~12%.