It is illegal to distill Eau de Vie de prune or any other such fruit for example at home. You need the right which has been handed down within certain families in the village to be able to have an ''alambic'' which is a still. These families take their still at certain times of the year to where others in the village can come and they are then able to distill their fruits for them. We have been given in our time many different bottles of this from French friends but what they all have in common is the power to blow your socks off, and as it is still cold you are probably still wearing them. The minimum percent is around 40 and 42 is not uncommon. Never take a tumbler full if offered as it has a lovely fruity brandy taste but wowee! does it get you wobbling on your pins.
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