From: Guy Hoyle (guyhoyle@chrysalis.org)
Date: Fri 05 Jul 1996 - 09:10:25 EEST
Quoth Sandy Petersen (he who spells it "Peterson" is in dire jeopardy):
>fairly modern invention on Earth, no? On the other hand, MGF may
>require hard booze in Glorantha. In which case I guess one of the
>Second Age magicotechnologically advanced civilizations must have
>invented it.
It is my understanding that distilled spirits are a product of the
Renaissance, but I have no hard refernces; I do know that Old Bushmill's was
first brewed in 1608, and it is one of the oldest continually-distilled
liquors in the world.
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