Michael Caputo and Emily Dscomb

The presence of methanol in brandy is something of interest for consumers of such distilled spirits. Detection and quantification of methanol in two commercial and two wine fortifying samples of brandy was achieved via the use of a GC with Flame Ionization Detector. Methanol levels in the Coelho Winery Stainless Steel, Coelho Winery Wood Barrel, Hennessy VS Cognac and Christian Brothers brandies were 55.79 mg/100mL, 11.93 mg/100 mL, 75,41 mg/100 mL and 11/31 mg/100 mL respectively. All of the collected data is beow the legal limit of 280 mg/100 mL 40 % abv.