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What are you referring to? I made homebrew for a while and never needed adulterants, unless you mean finings or similar?
by CalRobert 3y ago
What are you referring to? I made homebrew for a while and never needed adulterants, unless you mean finings or similar?
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoOf course you don't need them! That's the point, isn't it?
- icameron 3y agoMaybe because there are hundreds or thousands of compounds that can be produced during fermentation, higher alcohols, toxins, flavonoids, aminos, besides ethanol. It’s such a complicated biological process. Especially under home brewing conditions where many variables are not as closely controlled, sanitized, or monitored. Generally there are far more chemicals in fermented beverages, some toxic and carcinogenic to varying degrees. Many relatively harmless or even healthy too.
- CalRobert 3y agoOK but something that arises during fermentation doesn't seem like it meets the description "adulterant". Maybe I'm being semantic.