origin of booze?
On Jul 18, 7:46*pm, Italo > wrote:
> Matt Giwer wrote:
> > Dick Adams wrote:
>
> >> RichD > wrote:
>
> >>> ...
> >>> Anybody have any ideas when/where/how distillation
> >>> was invented/discovered? *What are the earliest records?
>
> >> You can readhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation
> >> But Wikipedia is highly suspect, at least to me.
>
> >> While some crude forms of distillation may have existed
> >> before 1200, the stills probably couldn't get the ABV much higher than
> >> 25% to 30%. *We know that, with tender loving care, you can get
> >> fermentations without distillation to
> >> from 20% to 25% ABV.
>
> >> Brandy which is distilled wine (~40% ABV) was available, at least in
> >> northern France, in the late 1100's.
>
> >> I suspect the Scots were the first to run stills that
> >> reached 40% ABV and were probably the first to use
> >> double distillation to reach 80%+ ABV.
>
> > * * I have come across a mention that indicates the Romans had it but
> > not very efficient and did not catch on. It all depends on the equipment.
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