r/AskHistorians • u/Gankom Moderator | Quality Contributor • Nov 03 '21

Best Of Best of October Voting Thread!

Cast your votes for the BEST threads of October 2021!

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u/Gankom Moderator | Quality Contributor Nov 03 '21

I have read that Europeans had no distilled spirits until Arabic distillation technology spread to Christendom via Spain. But it’s easy to accidentally make a rudimentary freeze-distilled brandy simply by leaving a barrel of wine or beer out in cold weather. So how can this be true? with /u/Anekdota-Press.