From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@toppoint.de)
Date: Sat 06 Jul 1996 - 19:31:00 EEST
Peter Metcalfe gives authoritative information on real earth's development
of distilled booze.
>Distillation requires a still which didn't become commonplace
>until circa 12th century AD.
As opposed to Dragon Pass, where the Dwarf was known and seen with field
stills ever since the Unity Battle. IMO the method leaked out by the time
the Remakers stitched up their zoo, at latest.
>For Sartarites to be making strong booze by fractional distillation
Eek. No fractional distillation in my Glorantha, either, just an ordinary
"two theoretical bottom column" retort for home distilling. The Scotch
stills have peculiar forms to their "columns", but not really comparable to
fractional distillation. (The booze retains quite a lot of taste from before
the distillation, too.)
>I believe that
>they rely on prayers to Minlister and other spirits to increase
>the bounty of the brew.
Likely yes, but how does this keep them from distillation? Af course this
process will be tied to Minlister's lore, e.g. about malt, when to roast it
(BTW: does Sartar have enough peat sources for decent life water?) and how
to store it in what kind of barrels.
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