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Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning

Alcohol Overdose Statistics and Facts. Approximately 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported each year in the United States. Knowing what the symptoms of alcohol poisoning are and responding appropriately to such alcohol poisoning symptoms can help avoid a fatal alcohol overdose. Alcohol Poisoning and Blood Alcohol Level Factors Alcohol poisoning, also known as an …

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Key Alcohol Facts Worth Noting

When investigating alcohol from an historical viewpoint, one of the key alcohol facts is that people have known about alcohol and have been drinking alcoholic beverages for the better part of 10,000 years. Even though alcohol has been used in a number of different of ways throughout human history that can be called “beneficial,” it …

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Spherification

Spherification is the culinary process of shaping a liquid into spheres which visually and texturally resemble caviar. The technique was originally discovered by Unilever in the 1950s (Potter 2010, p. 305) and brought to the modernist cuisine by the creative team at elBulli under the direction of executive chef Ferran Adrià. There are two main …

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What is Soju ?

Soju Drinks and Cocktails Soju is a clear, distilled alcoholic beverage manufactured in Korea. Soju has been around for many centuries and remains one of the most popular Asian alcohols, especially in South Korea. History of Soju Researchers estimate that Korean soju went through its first distillation in 1300 A.D. Historians believe that the Koreans …

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Cachaca

Cachaca is a distilled liquor primarily made in Brazil. While cachaca, also referred to as “white rum,” is often compared to rum, it is actually made from pure sugarcane, rather than molasses, which is used to make rum. The History of Brazilian Cachaca No one knows who developed cachaca or exactly where it comes from, …

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How Liquors are Rated ?

Sipability This rating is just as it sounds.  How good does this liquor taste when sipped straight or on the rocks?  Sipability is ranked on an absolute scale.  The determination of whether or not to pour the drink over ice is determined by the most popular way to drink said liquor.  We feel it is …

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Alcoholic Kefir

Kefir is a popular drink that is taking the world by storm. But what is kefir and what is it made of? Popular in northern Europe, kefir is a fermented drink that is sometimes used in place of milk products in cereals, soups and other foods. In fact, kefir is the main ingredient in Lithuanian …

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Clear Spring Grain Alcohol

Clear Spring 190 is great for sterilizing medical equipment and sure makes an excellent cleaner for all types of heavy machinery.  I suppose that’s reason enough for most drinkers to avoid this stuff along with all other high-proof grain alcohols.  We here at BoozeBasher try not to turn our noses up at any kind of liquor, no matter …

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How to make Home Made Liqueur’s

Fake Absinthe Makes 1 pint 2 1/2 tsp dried wormwood 1 pint vodka 2 teaspoons chopped angelica root 3 teaspoons crushed anise seed 3 crushed cardamom pods 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon crushed fennel seed 1/2 teaspoon marjoram Place the wormwood in vodka for two days, filter, add remaining herbs and let sit for …

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Cologne Spirits

The highest grade of distilled alcohol is called Cologne spirits, used largely in the preparation of perfumes, etc., and is said to be more absolute in its purity than ordinary alcohol. It should be so pure that it is absolutely colorless and odorless, Diluted Alcohol or Proof Spirit. – Diluted alcohol (alcohol dilu-tum), proof spirit, …

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Alcoholic Drinks helps in various Medical Purposes

  DCSL EXTRA SPECIAL  Protects your heart Prevents Constipation  Blocks diarrhea Improves lung capacity  Cushions joints WHITE DIAMOND Combats cancer Controls blood pressure Saves your eyesight Shields against Alzheimer’s Slows aging process BLUE LABEL Aids digestion Lowers cholesterol Protects your heart Stabilizes blood sugar Guards against liver disease DOUBLE DISTILLED Battles diabetes Lowers cholesterol Helps …

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Herbs and spices in cocktails

Angelica Tasting notes: The whole plant is aromatic. When rubbed, young stalks and leaves have a sweet, musky scent; the taste is musky and bittersweet, slightly earthy,and warm, with notes of celery, anise, and juniper. The flowers have a honeyed fragrance. Combines well with: almonds, apricots, hazelnuts, oranges, plums, rhubarb, strawberries  Agastache or Anise Hyssop …

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Alcohol Antiseptic

Alcohol at a strength of about 10 per cent. and upwards acts as a preservative of many organic substances. and is often added to medicinal preparations, extracts, wines, etc., to prevent putrefactive deterioration. In the absence of better antiseptic remedies it may serve as a useful application to wounds if used somewhat freely and of …

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How to Make Wood Alcohol

Cellulose, which constitutes about 50 per cent, of wood, can be partially resolved into dextrose and other sugars by treatment with acids under pressure. After neutralisation of the acid, the sugars, or the greater part of them, can be fermented with yeast, and the resulting alcohol separated by distillation. On the ground of economy, sawdust …

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Oxidation Of Alcohol

Speaking broadly, oxidising agents convert ethyl alcohol into aldehyde and acetic acid: – C2H5.OH+O=CH3.CHO + H1O; C2H5.OH+O2=CH3.COOH + H1O. The character and quantity of the products vary, however, according to the conditions of the oxidation. When this is carried out with potassium dichromate or permanganate in aqueous-acid solution, the foregoing are the products; with permanganate …

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