Unanswered Questions
28 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Irish Cream Liqueur chemistry
Among Irish Cream liqueurs, particularly lower-shelf than the big names, do any use an all-out unrefrigerated-single-serve-coffee-creamer approach to achieving shelf stability, i.e. tetrasodium ...
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Is there an online and/or English-language version of the “Jiǔmíngjì” 酒名記?
I was reading Peter Kupfer's scholarly piece Amber Shine and Black Dragon Pearls: The History of Chinese Wine Culture (June 2018). During the Song Dynasty (960–1279), it says,
large amounts of ...
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What is the regulatory process of being able to produce and sell an alcoholic drink in South Africa commercially?
We have started producing small batches of a unique honey mead that is doing well in small to large stall type markets. What are the steps that need to be followed in order to get a license to ...
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Long-term Storage of Vishniak in Corny Keg (Stainless Steel)
I am looking to make a bunch of Cherry Vishniak this year and I am trying to figure out how best to store it for a long period of time (1-5+ years). I have several corny kegs that I am thinking about ...
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How long does Chouchen keep once opened?
I have tried to look this up but have only come up with a few community sites with improper sourcing and varying degrees of answer (from 1 month to many years).
Does anyone have first hand knowledge ...
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Are there any public APIs that will help determine the legality of a location to get Beer-Wine-Spirits delivered?
Am after APIs that will in real-time help me understand by way of providing such APIs with the following inputs:
Store/Location Address/Geocoordinates of the location
Customer Address for receiving ...
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Making sweet vermouth
Does anyone have a recipe for making a sweet vermouth with orange and caramel?
I have looked around but there doesn’t seem to be that many recipes available on the WWW.
If anyone can recommend which ...
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Are gas injection based wine openers a good idea?
I used to work in fairly fine dining restaurants, so I know some about wine. The problem I'm looking at is my step-father has an impressive cellar, but some of the wines are rather aged. I think last ...
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Home Brewing in South Africa
If I brew beer at home can I give it to friends or relatives. In South Africa
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I seem to only suffer gastro-intestinal issues when I drink a particular beer. That being Founders All Day IPA Session Ale. Why?
I love the beer. Most folks do I suppose. I cant be the only one that has issues with GI after only having a few of these.
I can drink other alcohol just fine. Why this one beer?
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Trying to find out more about this John Exshaw bottle
I just found two bottles of Exshaw. The reason I bought them was because someone close to me used to drink this (years ago).
I got a pretty good bargain on them so just went with it. When I opened ...
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Found brewing grains in a bunch of paper bags - can I use them?
Found a bunch of specialty grains I'd intented for a beer but lost to time. They've been in brown paper bags for well over a year.
Is it worth using them at all for a small batch or has time/air ...
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Paw Paw 'Brandy' with slight blue cast
I'm working on recipe development for a Paw Paw 'brandy' and have had a slight blue cast to the product. Can anyone weigh in on the outcome? Thank you
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Name of a cocktail with orange peel+coconut+lime
Last night, I asked bartender for a cocktail based on orange peel. Then he made a cup of cocktail with orange peel & coconut & lime. It was off sweet taste.
He told me the name of cocktail ...
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When and how was the Estonian cocktail the Hammer and Sickle invented?
I know it's made from 1/4 Vana Tallinn and 3/4 Sparkling Wine (or Champaign) but I've spent ages trying to find out where and how it started. Does anyone claim to have invented it? What is the ...
