Proof: The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers
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Overview: From fermentation to distillation to aging, Proof offers a unique glimpse inside the barrels, stills, tanks, and casks that produce iconic drinks. Rogers ventures from the whiskey-making mecca of the Scottish Highlands to the most sophisticated gene-sequencing labs in the world—and to more than one bar—introducing us to the motley characters and evolving science behind the latest developments in boozy technology. He uncovers alcohol’s deepest mysteries, chasing the science – physics, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and even metallurgy that power alcohol production, and the subtle mixture of psychology and neurobiology that fuels our taste for those products.
With intoxicating enthusiasm, Rogers reveals alcohol as a miracle of science.
He illustrates his lessons with a series of field trips to labs and industrial production facilities, barhopping from factory to factory. He discusses the potential of gas chromatography to detect alcoholic forgeries trying to be passed off off as premium brands. He visits a small distillery in New York that has played loud dance music overnight, in hopes the deep bass would agitate the molecules in the liquid and help develop a fuller flavor.
Genre: non-fiction | Science | Food & Drink
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