What does “We’ll turn the brandy into beer” mean?

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• 1 blm // Nov 9, 2008

  I presume you’re talking about the American Music Club song lyrics. I’ve looked into it, and since the next line in the song says “later they’ll say ‘what a miracle,’” my best educated guess is that it’s a half-hearted allusion to Jesus’ first recorded miracle: turning the water into wine at a local wedding feast.

  But it looks to me like the artist didn’t want to bother to make the metaphor a complete one.