SC - Brandy

[Stefan li Rous]

Philippa said:
>I love you, Stefan,

>You ask so many questions, you make me clarify my thoughts:-D

It’s the engineering training. Or maybe that came second...
Or maybe old Stefan’s just a bit slow sometimes. :-)

>Brandy was originally distilled wine which had been distilled in Roman
>times in order to reduce its volume, as there was a tax on wine per
volume
>entering Rome. By distilling it, wine merchants figured that they were
>bringing many amphorae of wine in one.

In this case, would they not be diluting it back to wine strength once
the tax had been paid?

Where do we find evidence of this? I wouldn’t think they would do this
openly. And why does no evidence show up again for another thousand
years? Or does it? Perhaps this distilling was forgotten and re-invented

later.

When is the first evidence of brandy being used in food?

Stefan li Rous


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