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rectified spirits = vodka or everclear or ? for infusing
It’s also worth knowing that a lot of domestic vodka producers simply buy ethanol distilled from soy or grain from Archer Daniels Midland, dilute it with water, and perhaps add a bit of flavoring to make their product. As...
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What the heck happened to the price of milk?
More ethanol productiom = higher maize prices = higher milk prices
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Why does my bread reek of alcohol?
There is definitely an ethene smell that perhaps you are mistaking for ethanol. Have you tasted the bread?
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Price hikes rattle German beer market
“something else” = corn for the ethanol boom
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Daves Bar-b-que?
The corn on the cobb they serve would had a better fate if converted to ethanol rather than as a side order at Dave’s.
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Peter Luger ... weekend lunch = weeknight dinner? [moved from Manhattan board]
There really is a shortage of the finest quality beef. My butcher told me the same thing. He is having difficulty getting top quality beef, and buys from the same provider as PL. The corn is being used to make Ethanol instead of...
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Pressure Cooking and Alcohol
of most of the booze. I certainly can’t help you here (but keep in mind that ethanol and water form a c. 95:5 azeotrope that boils at 78.15 degrees C)
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Watermelon Juice?
Ethanol production? http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=412168 I’m just kidding. Just d\rink it, straight. It’s one of my favorite juices to drink without any further fussing. If you...
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Making a tender pie crust
which can make the dough tough and difficult to work with. Gluten does not form with ethanol and vodka is 40% ethanol. So you can use more liquid to make the dough more pliable, the alcohol will dissipate in the oven and the...
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wine-sicles
is the freezing point for wine would be maybe 8degC ... maybe 10-15degF ... lower than water. n.b. I dont know anything about wine. i assumed water+15% ethanol by volume ... which is pretty high, so in reality, the freezing temp...
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Inflation strikes Oyamel. Others? (moved from Washington DC & Baltimore board)
subsidized ethanol production i blame as chief culprit for the ripple-effect inflation. that and the devalued dollar causing energy costs (and that ripple effect) to rise dramatically.
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Where does Skyy Vodka come from?
It comes first from a bulk grain ethanol distiller, who produces high proof, clear, odor-free alcohol. They ship that out to co-packers like Frank-Lin Distillers <http://web.archive.org/web/20060705060712/www
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Corn is to Americans as ___ is to.....
Rice, maize, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sweet potatoes, and beans are the big ones in terms of traditional food crops. Soy is the addition in international markets given the myriad of uses. Sugar cane is a key bio-ethanol crop....
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A Lot of White Grapes - Homemade Verjus & Grappa?
Grappa is a distilled spirit—the alcohol (ethanol) concentration is way too high for any bacteria to remain alive. So unless it’s contaminated by methanol (wood alcohol), the only ill effect will be the hangover if...
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Is 'Corn' and its by products dominating North American diets?
I don’t have access to any figures, but from my readings of the financial press, due to subsidies, most of the corn in Iowa is grown for ethanol production. This is kind of sad; higher corn prices have impacted food prices...
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