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i'm afraid i don't know his name,
but brandy was accidentally invented by a dutch shipmaster in the 16th century.

he wanted to make bulky wine easier to transport on long sea voyages
(the more you can take the more profit you make).

his idea was to heat up the wine to concentrate the alcohol,
then when he got to the destination simply add water to it.

what he discovered was that the concentrated stuff was well nice,
so he marketed it as "brandewijn" the dutch for burnt wine.
 
another accidental booze discovery was champagne...

it is well known that monks like a drink.

in the 17th century the monks of the champagne region of france got a bit disheartened when they began making wine,
because during winter when the temperature plummeted at their high altitude the wine temporarily stopped fermenting.
when it began to ferment again in spring there was an excess of carbon dioxide in the bottles.

this pissed them off,
so in 1668 the catholic church sent a french monk to sort it out.
his name was dom pierre perignon.
he advised the local monks that they didn't know what they were on about because it actually tasted lovely.
he then set about developing the process to make it even fizzier.
 

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