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Post #470909 by captnkirk on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 11:49 AM

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Don't confuse fermentation with distillation.

Fermentation is how we make beer and wine. It has been around at least 10000 years and will happen naturally to almost any liquid with sugars in sitting around.

Distillation is how we make oke, rum, vodka, etc. It was invented by Muslim chemists around the 8th century.

P.S. In a sad footnote to history the nations where alcohol was invented now consume less of it than any other place on earth.

[ Edited by: captnkirk 2009-07-22 11:49 ]