Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
Sugar is used to soften taste.
Grades
Cut brandies are graded by the relative amount of brandy it contains.
Grades are represented by stars.
- 0 stars, almost no brandy at all, only some bringing color to the grain liquor.
- 1 star, one third (1/3) of brandy
- 3 stars, three fourth (3/4) of brandy