PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aqua Vitae, Distilled Beverage, Paleolithic
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4. 1 alcoholic beverages: what is 1 drink? , 1 drink : an alcohol-containing beverage which contains 0. 5 ounces of pure alcohol, 1 can/bottle of beer, 1 cooler, 1 glass of wine, 1 shot of hard liquor. Alcohol history: neolithic humans discovered booze , 8000 bce (paleolithic age): mead (from honey) oldest alcoholic beverage, 6400 bce: beer & berry wine, 300-400 bce: grape wine. >15% = yeast dies & fermentation stops: cereal grains produce pure alcoholic beverages, starch in grain converted to sugar before fermentation, malt contains enzymes that convert starch into sugar, beer made from barley, lower alcohol content: 5% Proof: alcoholic content of distilled beverages; % alcohol by volume is of the proof number: 90-proof = 45% alcohol, distilled beverages (whiskey, vodka, gin) 40-50% alcohol content/80-100 proof. Wine: 2 types in north america, generics, named from european areas where produced, blended from available grapes.
