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Cocktail Fun - Cocktail Recipes | Cocktails | Brandy (210 words) |
 | Brandy (short for brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn—fire wine) is a general term for distilled wine, usually 40–60% ethyl alcohol by volume. |
| The origins of brandy are unclear, and tied to the development of distillation. |
| Brandy as it is known today first began to appear in the 12th century and became generally popular in the 14th century. |
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Brandy Drinks Page (1916 words) |
| Brandy is distilled from fermented fruit, sometimes aged in oak casks, and usually bottled at 80 proof. |
| One pioneer of fine brandy was Hugo Asbach, who described his brandy as "Weinbrand", the German word for grape brandy, which subsequently became the generic term for high-quality wine spirits. |
| Brandies fine enough to be drunk undiluted out of a snifter do not need to be heated over a candle. |
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