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Someone deleted my entire musical history of Brandy. "Brandy" should have her own entry under "Brandy", not "Brandy Norwood", because her official performing name is just "Brandy".

It's under Brandy (singer), but Brandy Norwood needs to be merged. --- Zoe

Which one has a more distinct taste?

"Napoleon" as a classification of Cognac is mentioned but not defined. Whatsit mean? What's "Napoleon Brandy"? Inbibing minds want to know. KarlBunker 14:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

"Napoleon Brandy" is a brand of French brandy from Alsace! It isn't a Cognac! However, I think this French brandy is only available in Europe and in my opinion its quality is quite poor, compared to Cognac or Armagnac. That "Napoleon" as a classification of Cognac isn't defined means: A "Napoleon Cognac" can be a Cognac where the youngest brandy is stored 6 1/2 years + 1 day in cask - or very much longer! It depends in fact on the traditions of the respective brand. 86.56.0.159 00:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Image Request 2 Sweetness 3 Value of old Brandy 4 Fruit brandy

[edit] Image Request

• Can somebody add an image to this article to show what brandy itself actually looks like, in a brandy glass Yeanold Viskersenn 15:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sweetness

Does brandy's sweetness come from the presence of any residual sugars, or are there other flavor elements that make it seem sweeter than whisky or other similar spirits? 69.81.154.24 07:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Value of old Brandy

Is there anybody out there that could help me to determine the value of two bottles of unopened brandy that I have. They are Metaxa Greek Brandy, bottled in 1915. Any help would be appreciated.

[edit] Fruit brandy

There is apparently some disagreement to the first paragraph of the fruit brandy section. Here is what I removed from the article:

• • • this paragraph is totaly wrong, we need a specialist to rewrite it. This is not clear what Fruit Brandy is but Palinka and slivovica are definitively not, they are just normal spirits made from fruits. And you don't drink them chilled or iced. Same for calvados.

A generally accepted definition of the term Fruit Brandy is very difficult. For inctance in the US Kirschwasser is considered to be a Fruit Brandy but in Germany it's considered to be a variety of traditional German schnapps, and traditional schnapps isn't brandy, it's just a type of normal spirits. The same is true for many other so called Fruit Brandies, in very most English speaking countries they are called Fruit Brandies, but in their respective countries of origin they are condidered to be normal spirits. 86.56.0.159 00:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)