# Why are there so many distilled fruit spirits than fruit wines?

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**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-distilled-fruit-spirits-than-fruit-wines/830276 "2019-02-27T05:46:00Z")\
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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> [Palm sap is a biggie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_wine#Tapping) for both wine/beer-type drinks and distilled spirits in many parts of Africa and Asia.

That’s fascinating. I know of a couple of maple sap spirits but I didn’t even know palm sap was a thing let alone a widely consumed spirit. Now I have to try and seek it out.

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**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-distilled-fruit-spirits-than-fruit-wines/830276/22 "2019-03-01T03:56:54Z")

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Palm can be made into feni, though maybe more well known is the variety made from cashew fruit. The plant is kind of weird, the nut is semi external.

> **[Feni (liquor)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feni_(liquor))**
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> Feni (misspelt fenno or fenny, Indo-Portuguese; fénnim) is a spiritous liquor indigenous to the state of Goa, India. The two most popular types of feni are Cashew feni and Coconut feni, depending on the ingredients; however, other varieties and newer blends are also sold by distillaries. The small-batch distillation of feni has a fundamental effect on its final character, which still retains some of the delicate aromatics, congeners, and flavour elements of the juice from which it was produced....

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