Boris posted:Brandy Old Fashioned.
Let's get the history straight.
Sheesh. My faux pas.
Ever wonder why brandy didn't catch on in the rest of the states? I get the German connection but there's gotta be some Froggy and Belgian communities out there.
Edit: Just remembered a fun fact from my Serbian cohorts. They drink all kinds of brandy and brandy moonshine in the Balkans. I think that Wisconsin affinity for brandy has more to do with Serb/Slav/Hun states than France or "Proper" Germany. As one with Bohemian descent we were considered "Lower Germans". I don't know if it was derogatory or simply geographic descriptions. Probably both. God damn lousy Catholics we were.
Another fun fact, long before Martin Luther there was the Bohemian Jan Hus who was the real originator of the Reformation. Of course Rome wasn't having any of that nonsense so they killed him and made sure the Holy Roman Empire stayed holy and Roman I guess. So if you're Bohemian or Bavarian descent that's why you're a lousy Catholic.
Fun stuff.