Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 12:57:18

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
 
>> Modern marvels just recently ran an episode on Distilleries that
>> covered a lot of this in detail.
 
> Would it be that unusual to be allergic to the alcohol itself
> regardless of where it comes from?  I eat a lot of bread and pasta so
> I know I am not allergic to wheat.

Well it could be that, but typically its the liver that doesn't deal well 
with alcohols in such cases.

I don't know enough about the chemistry and the distilling involved to 
know how much character the spirits keep from their feed stock, but a lot 
of what you taste in the drink happens in the aging process after the 
spirit is distilled.

You could for instance have problems with Tannin which comes from the 
skin of grapes used to color red wines, and blush wines, but Tannin also 
comes from Oak barrels and casks. So suffice it to say there is other 
chemistry involved that isn't just the alcohol.

I definitely don't know enough about brewing to say what happens to beer 
since it isn't the same as distilling at all.

One of the Vodka distilleries they profiled was trying to come up with a 
pure vodka that had no impurities, and they believed, in moderation, no 
hangover.

Tequilla likewise coems in two varieties 100% blue agave tequilla, and 
blends that include other non-Tequilla spirits. 100% purists believe the 
flavor is more mellow, and less likely to give you a hangover.

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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