re: #460 Kenneth

The ancient Greeks invented distillation, but did not do much with it. The Arabs & Persians then improved the process and used it to produce medicines, but not beverages. The process then spread to Spain & France in the 14th century where brandy was used first as a medicine, then later as a drink.

fermentation far precedes distillation…al-cohol by accident…that was my original point…it was simply discovered by dumb luck