Spirits, meanwhile ... As such, brandy can be made using all kinds of fruit, and there are tons of different types of brandy in the world: Slivovitz (Eastern European plum brandy), Calvados ...

Turns out they aren't actually all that different. Speaking generally, Cognac is a type of brandy in much the same way that bourbon is a type of whiskey. Brandy is the genre of liquor, Cognac is a ...