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FOOD AND

BEVERAGE

SERVICEBRANDY

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Original stills, known as pot stills or the alembic {Arabic term}, were

basically enclosed kettles, which narrowed towards the top to collect the

vapours created by boiling. A downward pipe from the head carried the

vapour through the cold water which caused it to condense and then it

could be collected in a receiving chamber.

Copper is the best material for making a still as it draws out the impurities

from the alcohol. As the distillation using this kind of setup can only be

done in batches, it is a laborious and time-consuming process. The stills

have to be loaded up, boiled off, cleaned and recharged for every run.

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In late 1820s that a new form of still was invented which produced

spirit as long as the wash was fed into it. It was called the continuous

still or patent still. It had 2 columns, the analyzer and the rectifier.

The former had steam rising up and meeting the hot wash, which

was sprayed down. The rising alcohol vapours proceeded to the

adjacent column where they cooled down on coming in contrast with

the cold wash. As this process produces lighter style of spirits it wasnot used to make single malt and congnacs that required retention of

impurities or congeners and fusel oils.

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1.1 BRANDY

Brandy is a spirit distilled from fruit juice or the pulp or skin of any

kind of fruit that will ferment and may be used in different ways to

produce brandy.

The most familiar brandies came from grape wine. Wine brandy is

distilled and usually aged in oak barrels, a process that mellows the

spirit and adds aroma, color and flavor to it.

An age statement on the bottle gives an idea as to the quality for

example: 2 years old is very young; 10-12 years old brandies are

good brandies.

Promace brandy: - a type of brandy is also made from the mass of

grape skins and stalks left behind after grapes have been pressed to

make wine.

Fruit brandy: - brandy produced from fruits other than grapes is

called fruit brandy.

Plum - Mirabelle, slivovitz Pears - Poire William Apples - applejack(America),calvados(France) Cherry - kirsch

Cognac and Armagnac are most well known of the European brandies

and California brandies come a close second.

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