SC - Cordials
ND Wederstrandt
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Wed Jun 4 07:53:44 PDT 1997
> Lady Morgan MacBride stated:
> I thought that if you distilled a wine (either by freezing or
> the more traditional method) you were creating a brandy, not a
> cordial. I could be wrong about that. Any comments?
>
It does, not as well as steam distillation, but it is safer, easier
and cheaper. Keep in mind (and I say this as a disclaimer) in some states
distillation by freezing is not legal and you will be considered making
moonshine. (Not that I think that you'll get raided but who knows who
reads this list). Many years ago, Master Gwilym and I ran an illegal still
for a while - he had a doctorate on Organic chemistry so I felt safe about
the right kind of alcohol coming out.
As a side bar, one of the nicest out of kingdom events i attended was in
Meridies where I had my first taste of corn liquor (legal). It was very
goodas was the cordiality of the Meridians.
Clare St. John
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