Results by Reviewer
| Cognac | Kevin | Hunter | Wade | Dan | Paco | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courvoisier V.S. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Jacques Cardin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Hennessy V.S. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 |
First off, we have never understood a liquor that requires the drinker to acquire a taste for it. You should never have to work hard at enjoying something. Secondly, Hennessey is a vile liquid. We simply cannot understand why people continue to pay $35 for a bottle of this stuff. It has an overpowering sharp taste that burns your mouth and throat as it goes down. Just think of everything a liquor should not be, and you have Hennessy in a nutshell.
Courvoisier was the easy favorite of the group. It has a lighter, smooth flavor and is considerably sweeter than Hennessy. The BoozeBasher staff gives Busta Rhymes a gold star for picking Courvoisier to rap about, unlike a number of other artists who seem to enjoy the previously mentioned garbage. Mixing Courvoisier with cola actually produced a pretty tasty drink, something I could see myself sipping on all night. The final contender, Jacques Cardin, is a decent alternative if Courvoisier is unavailable and is still worlds better than Hennessy.
After this little tasting, we still don’t like Cognac, unless it is infused with prodigious amounts of vanilla. However, in Courvoisier, we did find a liquor that we could see ourselves spending a little time with in the future. Eventually, we might even learn to like the stuff…but probably not.
Comments
Jacques Cardin is sooo bad they should offer samples before purchase so you don’t get home and realize that you have purchased the worse thing since your grandmother made you take a shot of cod liver oil.
I personally prefer Remy Martin V.S.O.P. It’s a very subtle and not extremely expensive, good cognac. And if you want a cognac that smells like a sweet white wine and has no alcohol burn because of it’s flavor i recommend Courvoisier Napoleon.
Remy Martin VSOP is a good cognac.
Hennessy is alright, as long as it’s VSOP or XO, but the VS is absolutely shit. I tried it on the rocks one night, it tasted like motor oil.
I therefore had low expectations when I bought a 50 ml bottle of Hennessy VSOP with a Remy Martin VSOP. I liked the Remy Martin, but I actually liked the Hennessy a little better - it had less burn and was somewhat sweeter.
But cognac cannot be put into an old fashioned glass with ice, or mixed with coke, I prefer using a snifter. I’m not a fancy person by any means - I listen to death metal and worship satan… and I’m certainly no hip-hop stuttering retard.
Scotch is better, as are bourbons and other whiskies/whiskeys. May I suggest Knob Creek, and perhaps Talisker 10 year?
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