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Blood, Bones, and Bitters: Meat Cocktails Are More Than a Novelty

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Sometimes fermentation can go too far, especially in Japan, because making alcohol at a bar is illegal, so my fermentation stops at the point of the sourness,” Sekine explains. We had him shoot a deer in the woods, and drain the blood directly into a case of bottles that we gave him, half-full with pure alcohol.”

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How to Tell If Your Spirits and Liqueurs Are Expired

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In general, liquors flavored with additives and high sugar contents will degrade much faster than their additive- and sugar-free counterparts, as these volatile ingredients interact with oxygen much differently than pure alcohol, especially when kept at room temperature. You’ll immediately know when something is legitimately off.”

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Draft Non-Alcoholic Beer Is Growing. So Are Questions About Its Safety.

VinePair

If you’re like most drinkers, you’re likely starting to see a lot more non-alcoholic beer around. Last fall, The Wall Street Journal reported a jump of 32 percent in sales of non-alcoholic beer from a year earlier and an average of 31 percent growth over the previous four years, citing data from NielsenIQ. The TL;DR: a solid maybe.

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Does Beer Expire — And Is It OK to Drink Old Beer?

VinePair

Stouts and Porters IPAs and imperial stouts were both created out of necessity: Beers would go bad on long sea voyages, but alcohol is a great preservative, so upping the ABV made them less perishable. Still, bacteria tends to have a hard time thriving in beer to begin with given its alcohol content and its ideally low-temp storage.

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Cereal Milk Is Coming for Your Cocktail

VinePair

And despite being hired in a food safety and administrative role not a pastry chef role that didnt stop Tosi from going on to introduce the very first desserts at several Momofuku outposts. Alcohol is a natural solvent; it absorbs and extracts flavors very well. Cereal is that thing for me.

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Nonalcoholic Beer Is Becoming Essential to the Success of Breweries

Imbibe Magazine

All alcohol-containing beers are taken off the taplist for this monthly event, and bartenders instead serve the brewerys Two Frays Near Beer. The staff also removes wine, cider, and liquor from the taproom, and instead serves alcohol-free wine, cocktails, and other beverages from Open Road , TLC Libations , and Jackworth Ginger Beer.

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