Mendis Brandy

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Mendis Brandy is a coconut brandy [1] that originated in 1947. It is currently produced by Mr. W.M. Mendis and debuted on the United States market in 2007.[2][3]

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[edit] Production

Mendis coconut brandy is produced from the essence ("toddy") of the coconut flower that is extracted by a specialized process called Tapping & Paring. Mendis sources its toddy from the coconut palm in Sri Lanka, where the coconut palm is Tapped and Pared for a total of 8 months, beginning in the first week of April and ending the second week of December each year[4].

Toddy naturally ferments in the wood casks it is brought to the distillery in. Toddy naturally ferments because its main constituent in its freshest state is sucrose. Under normal conditions during toddy collection this sucrose will ferment without aid, due to yeasts that naturally accumulate in the toddy[4].

At the distillery the fermented toddy is transferred into wood storing vats where it under goes stringent pre-distillation filtration. Following filtration it is then pumped into the distillation house where the Master Distiller uses both French pot still and also Mendis custom design patent still, to distill different batches of toddy using the two distillation methods. Mendis is double distilled in the French pot still and single distilled in the patent still by a continuous distillation process. During distillation, the distillate of toddy runs off the still into wooden holding vats where it is then transferred into Mendis' warehouses to be set down for maturing in casks[4].

Mendis uses specially imported oak casks from around the world, along with Hamilla wood casks hand crafted by Mendis’ master cooper, to age Mendis coconut brandy in. The aging process is monitored constantly by the cellar master and his tasters that work under him. After two years of aging, Mendis coconut brandy is ready to be bottled as a V.S.. Mendis X.O. has a minimum of 10 years maturation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ United States Patent and Trademark Office reg. no. 3142223
  2. ^ Wehring, O.. "US: Mendis lines up coconut brandy for US", Just Drinks, 2007-03-14. 
  3. ^ Mendis Announces U.S. Pre-Launch of the World's First Coconut Brandy. PRNewswire (2007-03-13).
  4. ^ a b c Mendis, W.M. (1995). Saga of an Entrepreneur: The Story of Mendis Special. Vantage Press, Inc.. ISBN 0533109418. 

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