# I discovered ginger brandy tonight. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791 "2010-01-21T03:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/1 "2010-01-21T03:49:59Z")
I was just going to get some beer, and then I saw three versions of it: DeKuypers, Phillips, and …something else. Grabbed the liquor store guy. “What do you mix it with?” No one had a clue and it wasn’t in The Book. Grabbed the Phillips version because I’m from Minnesota (what, need a better reason?). Damn. Why haven’t any of you alkies told me about this stuff before? Short glass over ice, that’s it; nice kick of gingery fire at the end. This night is not going to end well for me. God this stuff is good. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/2 "2010-01-21T12:46:12Z")
Mix? Why mix? (Why ice? Brandies, even the flavoured stuff, have always done better for me in a snifter, so they can be warmed by your hand and release their vapours.) ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/3 "2010-01-21T15:22:10Z")
And the Overindulgence Fairy even took the hangover away. This is going to be bad. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > Mix? > > Why mix? (Why ice? Brandies, even the flavoured stuff, have always done better for me in a snifter, so they can be warmed by your hand and release their vapours.) I only asked because I’d never heard of the stuff before - thought there was something new in school, that’s all. But this stuff is wonderful. Here I’ve been searching for a better ginger BEER. Pshaw. Who needs it now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/4 "2010-01-21T15:33:01Z")
Gee, thanks for giving me something else to try! 😛 I like Brandy too much. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/5 "2010-01-21T18:20:55Z")
It sounds like a nasty mix of flavors to me. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/6 "2010-01-21T20:16:17Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Gee, thanks for giving me something else to try! 😛 > > I like Brandy too much. Agreed. This sounds delicious. Off to change the grocery list… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/7 "2010-01-22T03:34:46Z")
That sounds like a wonderful combination, biting and warm, mmm. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/8 "2010-01-22T14:47:25Z")
I love the stuff, although I don’t drink it straight. It makes the best Tom & Jerry EVER. It also makes a damned good eggnog. I like a shot of it in a cup of tea as a lovely hot toddy. I had 3 of those last night (I have a yucky cold). And it’s delicious with a good ginger ale as a mixer. ---
**Author:** ![WishIHadACoolName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WishIHadACoolName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WishIHadACoolName)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/9 "2010-01-23T08:21:40Z")
My brother introduced me to ginger brandy in 1991, when we drank together legally for the first time. Eleven shots of it later, he had a friend of ours carry me home and deposit me safely on the sofa. Yes, we “shot” ginger brandy. Yep, good stuff… now I’m thinking about getting a bottle, and I rarely drink. I should probably visit my brother, too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-discovered-ginger-brandy-tonight/525791/10 "2010-01-24T00:32:03Z")
Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur) is some seriously nice stuff, although I don’t think it qualifies as “ginger brandy”. Shake it with lemon juice (basically making a DdC sour) and it’s awfully good.