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When, where and why did the tradition of clinking glasses and saying "cheers" or "to your health" first start?
Is it possible to know where, when and how the custom of clinking glasses (usually filled with beer or wine) originated, while saying "cheers" or "to your health"? Do any historical documents support a possible origin?
Many of us here will follow…
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How much alcohol is in rum extract?
I generally use rum extract to make a "non-alcoholic" version of my eggnog recipe (which calls for rum and bourbon). However, the rum extract in my cupboard still technically has some alcohol in it, and therefore might not always be an acceptable…
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How Are Wines Blended?
My favourite wine is a blend of Gewürztraminer and Riesling which (from what I can find) seems to be exclusively made in Australia by Rosemount and Hardys. This wine is becoming harder and harder to find in the UK and is therefore much more…
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Why is Sam Adam's high ABV beer illegal to sell in several US states?
Not even compared to absinth, even SKYY vodka has a higher ABV and we well that everywhere.
The end result is a 28 percent alcohol-by-volume beer that's void of any carbonation. According to Forbes, Utopias is illegal to sell in 11 states because…
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Can I re-cork a beer bottle?
If I open a bottle of Belgian beer-with a cork- drink a little then put the cork back in the bottle will the cork randomly pop or the bottle explode from any pressure?
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Will certain types of beer get me more drunk more quickly?
Assuming we're comparing equivalent amounts of alcohol, do certain beers get you inebriated more quickly or slowly? Does the amount of fizz make a difference?
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What is the difference between ice wine, iced wine and late harvest wines?
What is the difference, if any, between ice wine, iced wine(sometimes called frostbitten ice wine) and late harvest wines?
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Storing tequila in the freezer?
Tequila happens to be just about the only liquor I enjoy. Recently, I was talking to some guys from Mexico who know their tequila pretty well. One of the older guys was telling me he sometimes enjoys keeping tequila in the freezer as it completely…
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Wine recommendation on the sweet side with 12 to 15% alcohol
My wife loves drinking Moscato and Stella Rosa but they don't intoxicate her. I have to occasionally spike her drinks (obviously knowingly) with whiskey for her to feel a "buzz." Are there any wines that are maybe not as sweet as the 2 mentioned but…
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Why would some prefer to put salt in their beer?
Are there any traditional or historic reason(s) why people would put salt in their beer when drinking it or would simply prefer to drink a salted beer such as Gose?
Gose beer, brewed in Bonn, Germany (2014).
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Which production methods make one whisky more palatable than another?
A simple enough question. If we take any given style of whisky on the lower end of the spectrum, and we compare it with a fine Scotch, what is it about the production of the two bottles that causes one to be more palatable and easy to drink than the…
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When did J&B Scotch switch from corks to screw-tops?
A friend of mine has come into possession of some rather old alcohol. On one bottle of J&B Scotch, the label looks like this one from 1958 and not any of their later ones, but my friend's bottle has a screw-top cap, not a cork.
When did J&B start…
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What can be substituted for whiskey with Haggis?
On Burns Night it is traditional to have a 'wee dram' to drink with your Haggis. I am serving Haggis to some Scottish friends, and as it is not Burns Night I feel that I can forgo the traditions of whiskey with Haggis and serve another spirit/wine.…
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Do wines from grafted vine stock taste different from non-grafted?
The Phylloxera plague of the 19th century devastated the grape stocks of Europe. However, Charles Valentine Riley and J. E. Planchon grafted the vines (Vitis vinifera) onto rootstock of an American native species (Vitis aestivalis). In a nutshell…
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Are there cocktails with wasabi or other spicy ingredients?
Recently I tried a custom cocktail from my barman with wasabi, vodka and some sambuco syrup (not Sambuca, and still no found resource in English to add) and got in love with that cocktail, like my top 5 ever.
Wasabi itself as an ingredient was…
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