ALCOHOL
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ALCOHOL
Non-alcoholic drinks are more popular than ever. The shelves of supermarkets are full of fresh fruit juices, smoothies and soft drinks. Sapbarren diving on and in grand cafés and lunch rooms there is a nice supply of different types of tea, coffee and juices. But it can be even more exciting. A good Cocktail should entice and tell a story. Under the motto ' more choice for the ' therefore he coined specially before going out the Happy Drinks. Alcohol is a natural product produced by fermentation of barley (beer) or grapes (wine). This natural fermentation process stops at about 15% alcohol. This is called weak alcoholic beverage. The chemical formula of alcohol (ethanol) = C2H5OH. By heating and cooling of weak-alcoholic beverage (distilled) higher alcohol percentages can arise. This is called spirits. (Chemical) composition Ethanol Source Alcohol arises because yeast sugar turnover in alcohol. If one uses cereals for the production of alcohol than the starch must first be converted into sugars (d. m. v. enzymes). By fermentation can an alcohol percentage of 15% to be achieved. We want to achieve a higher alcohol percentage than must ferment the beverage after distillation. This is a process in which the substance is heated again. The alcohol evaporates as the first and is collected and chilled. When this process is repeated, you can get an alcohol percentage to 80%! Appearance of Pure alcohol is a clear, colorless and virtually tasteless liquid. Alcoholic beverages contain alcohol and water next to a whole series of natural or chemical flavorings. The percentage of alcohol varies per drink. In beer is 5%, 12% in wine and spirits like Gin 35%. However, each glass contains the same amount of alcohol. Because beer sits in large glass, spirits in small. A glass of beer contains 250 ml, a glass of gin 35 ml of 5% of 250 ml = 12 ml. 35% of 35 ml is also 12 ml. New are the long drinks. Long drinks consist of spirits mixed with soda. For example, whisky mixed with cola. It sits in bottles or cans of 200 to 330 millilitre. New are also the small bottles of liqueur 20 ml. they are shooters and usually in a SIP of empty drunk. With the new drinks you don't know exactly how much alcohol you within. On the labels shows the percentage of alcohol and the number of ml. ml you can calculate how much alcohol you receives.