And, if so inclined, a tumbler of gin, whisky or brandy as a nightcap.

ECONOMIST: Dieting

It became an immediate hit with the upper classes in England, who came to like Dutch gin quite as much as they liked French brandy.

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True to Benedictine rules of self-sufficiency, Father Rainer saw the future in apple cider and brandy, damson, sloe and elderberry gin.

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