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After carefully mixing milk, cocoa powder, and maybe some sugar, you’ve just made your perfect chocolate. And then, you got distracted, and let it sit for a while. If you waited too long. Chances are you had to stir it…
If you’ve brewed your own beer or made your own cider you’ll have probably come across the term: specific gravity. It’s a tool that’s commonly used to determine how much alcohol you’ll get in your final drink. But what does…
Only a few centuries ago, European (and likely many others) seamen died by the dozens during months long sea voyages to the East. Trips to the East, essential for European traders to get those beloved spices, fabrics and other trading…
We know how to make spirits (we discussed that here), and we know that to make spirits (or liquors) you need to distill fermented grains. Distillation isn’t just used in spirits production though. It is one of any chemical engineer’s…
Science is everywhere when you’re in the kitchen. Just think of your bread dough bubbling away and expanding while proofing. Or a beer in the works. You might not even recognize the science, so common the processes are. The processes described…