I have never tried brandy in my life, but a friend gave me a bottle of Very Special, Original Extra Smooth, E&J Brandy. Can some of you fine gentlemen tell me what I can expect? It could be from Gallo, though they are not stamped anywhere on the bottle.
E&J Brandy, any good?
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E&J is produced by Gallo. I am hesitant to criticize a gift from a friend. However...lest you try to drink it straight, E&J has something of a bite. In fact, it will probably make you wince should you try it straight. And by wince I mean: 
. It will probably do just fine for some brandy and tonics.
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E&J is produced by Gallo. I am hesitant to criticize a gift from a friend. However...lest you try to drink it straight, E&J has something of a bite. In fact, it will probably make you wince should you try it straight. And by wince I mean:
That's ok. He's really more of a business aquintance. Perhaps it would make a nice Aftershave???
Might sting a little too much!
I use it for cooking and in sangria but never drink it solo or as a cocktail. Could have been worse.
You might try mixing it with coke or 7up.
Its not bad. I prefer Korbel though.
Im not a huge brandy guy.
Im not a huge brandy guy.
Nope.
The only thing I use it for is deglazing pans.
It's easy on the pocket book, but other than that it doesn't have a whole lot of redeeming qualities.
Same here.... I've always got a small bottle of E&J on hand for flambé duty or deglazing, never fro drinking.
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thanks guys. Looks like this will go into the kitchen, or perhaps I will try it with Coke, or tonic.
The good news is that it will last for years and is good for deglazing pans and making sangria, as Tim and Daniel said.
Is not bad with coke or tonic. You can always use it to marinate some apple or pear slices and brown sugar.
The E&J VSOP is not bad. The VS is their lowest quality brandy.
I splashed some E&J on this thread to wake it up. I bought a 200ML bottle just for the bottle. I went into the liquor store for Everclear to make aftershave and picked up the E&J on impulse. It was the cheapest thing they had in a glass bottle.
Waste not, want not, I drank it all right out of the bottle and it went down smooth and tasted great too me. I'm a bourbon man but if the E&J is bad brandy, I must love brandy.
Waste not, want not, I drank it all right out of the bottle and it went down smooth and tasted great too me. I'm a bourbon man but if the E&J is bad brandy, I must love brandy.
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