Subj : Re: Naughty Sourceress
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 18:18:11

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> 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. 
> 

Well, I have had tannin problems for years, way before the new allergy 
reactions started.

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