hist-brewing: Brandy

[Crystal A. Isaac]

Commercially available in the SF bay area are pear brandy, cherry brandy,
blackberry brandy and (if you are lucky) honey brandy.

I had imagined that they made wine from fruit/honey and distilled it, but I
suppose flavoring added to "normal" brandy might also work.

Crystal

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In a message dated 9/20/00 8:47:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
nerenner at umich.edu writes:

> from Lechine's Encyclopedia of Wines, page
>  438, "Sherry ... is a fortified wine, a wine to which grape brandy
>  has been added to bring the alcoholic content to approximately 15.5%
>  for the Finos and 18% for the Olorosos."
>
    Which brings up the question: if it is necessary to specify grape
brandy, what other kinds of brandy are there?  I don't know any.
    Also, is the difference in alcohol content a function of original
percent, or of losses over a longer aging process?
    Scotti


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