The practice spread to Europe where the distillation process was seen as extracting the very spirit of wine, which was believed to have life-giving properties.

这种做法传播到欧洲， 在那里蒸馏过程被视为提取葡萄酒的精神，人们认为这种精神具有赋予生命的特性。

As the distillation process spread across the world, the resulting liquors were typically named either after their main ingredient, as in gin and rye, or their place of origin, like bourbon and scotch.

随着蒸馏过程在世界范围内传播，由此产生的酒通常以其主要成分命名，如杜松子酒和黑麦， 或以其原产地命名，如波旁威士忌和苏格兰威士忌。