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How do people preserve wines, champagne?
How do people preserve wines and champagnes for decades? Is there a special method or is it like keep in wine storage or cupboard and forget for some decades to be better in taste?
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How do I get beer to chill to the maximum possible?
I like cold beer. Given the answers in Do beer bottles explode in freezer? -beer bottles may break in a freezer.
How can I get my beer to chill as much as possible. Get it so cold that it's only slightly away from being frozen ?
If the bottle type…
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Germany loves to drink Glühwein (warm wine) in Winter, where else in the world do they practice that?
In Germany it is a tradition to drink warm wine in Winter called Glühwein, especially during the weeks before Christmas. Additional ingredients are (among others) cinnamon, clove, star anise and cardamom. When cooking it should not produce bubbles.…
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What's a good (neutral) sample beer to spike with a sensory training kit?
I recently ordered a sensory training kit from Siebel Institute. In short, glass vials of liquid isolating flavors (including off-flavors and contamination) commonly found in beer.
The instructions explain how to spike samples of beer, but say…
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What to do with 50 (?) years old sake?
I found a bottle of sake in my grandfathers basement.
As there are no Latin characters indicating the age of the bottle (and I don't speak Japanese), I used google Translator and found the following on a card which I assume can be sent back to the…
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What are the main qualitative and quantitative differences between 18 and 12 year old Scotches?
It's established in the Scotch world that the age of a whisky pushes it's price up. A MacAllan or Glenmorangie 18 will fetch a much higher price than their respective 12 year old versions.
Having tried a small number of 18 year olds, I've found them…
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Can alcohol (ethanol) exist in nature without the intervention of man?
The other day, I came across this article: Chimpanzees found routinely drinking alcohol in the wild.
In this article, David Mercer claims that "Primates in Guinea drank fermented palm sap using a leafy tool as a sponge."
Scientists have discovered…
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Cooking with beer for a vegetarian
I know, that there are many threads on what you can cook with beer as an ingredient.
But: I recognized that all of them include some sort of meat or fish and I eat neither.
So what am I asking you:
Do you have some ideas on how to use the possibly…
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Good non-alcoholic, sedative drinks to replace alcoholic drinks
As active as I am on this Stack and enjoy the occasional drink I'm realizing more and more that, regardless of how little I drink from day to day, for the most part booze just tends to bring me down a bit, and if I avoid it I usually feel better…
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When does the pour matter?
Especially when it comes to serving beer, such as Guinness, it is debatable that the pour is the most important aspect. This is something I understand due to the layering and carbonation...
When is it important to pay attention to the pour for other…
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Is it possible to make a mock Chartreuse liqueur?
The Grande Chartreuse, just north of the city of Grenoble, France has been making Chartreuse since 1737 and is made with 130 herbs, plants and flowers. Talk about drinking to your health, some say this is an excellent medicinal liqueur. Here in…
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What is the largest winery that supplies sacramental wine to the Catholic Church?
As the question states, I would like to know what is the largest winery that supplies sacramental wine for the Catholic Church?
By largest supplier to the Catholic Church of sacramental wine, I mean by volume sold to the Church in liters/gallons?
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Can one put on weight by drinking beer?
I am very thin and it was suggested that I drink beer to put on weight. Would drinking beer help to put on weight? If yes, how many beers should I drink in a week to put on weight? If no, could one please explain briefly why this is so.
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How the idea of 30 ml, 60 ml and 90 ml drinks get started?
Where did the idea of pouring 30 ml, 60 ml or 90 ml in drinks begin. Is there a theory or scientific reason behind it? Have gone through this post: Peg (unit) from Wikipedia, but it does not help me.
A peg is a unit of volume for measuring liquor…
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Japanese beers historic evolution
I read yet this on Wikipedia and some small articles.
The articles didn't satisfy my curiosity.
My question is:
What is the history of brewing in Japan?
Please, take in mind following sub-related-questions:
• Since the brewing techniques were…
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