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Granted, I was not happy with that link and am also not so much with this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation#Byproducts_of_fermentation
by lukan 1y ago
Granted, I was not happy with that link and am also not so much with this one:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation#Byproducts_of_fermentation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation#Byprodu...
Still, there is the information inside, that not just ethanol gets produced by fermentation, but also other alcohols and the main point was, alcohol is not the same as ethanol.
- wizzwizz4 1y agoHuh. I didn't expect so much methanol to be present in booze! (Methanol is incredibly toxic, but ethanol is an antitoxin, so that explains why wine doesn't kill people.)
- dr_dshiv 1y agoThat’s the angel’s share — the first bits of distillation you need to throw out. Edit: I’m wrong! That’s the term for the part that evaporates during aging. But this article explains what happens to the methanol at distillers and it’s pretty fascinating: https://www.whiskyandwisdom.com/bringing-balance-to-the-foreshots/ https://www.whiskyandwisdom.com/bringing-balance-to-the-fore...