What is used to take water out of alcohol?!
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distillation!.
As the mixture is heated up, the alcohol will boil at 78 deg C (water boils at 100 deg C)
This vapour passes into a fractionating column where any water vapour will condense back into a liquid leaving the Alcohol vapour to pass down a separate condenser!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
As the mixture is heated up, the alcohol will boil at 78 deg C (water boils at 100 deg C)
This vapour passes into a fractionating column where any water vapour will condense back into a liquid leaving the Alcohol vapour to pass down a separate condenser!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
distillation!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Freezing works, too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
if the proof is high enough, you can freeze it and it should separate!. high proof booze won't freeze!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It all depends on the type of alcohol you're talking about!. As was said above liquor is distilled!. This is a process in which the fermented wort mixture is evaporated and the alcohol (ethanol to be exact) is collected while the water mostly just goes away as run off!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Distilled_b!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Distillatio!.!.!.
Now, Ice beers and Eisbocks are created by lowering the temperature just low enough that some the water freezes and rises to the top but the alcohol remains!. This ice is then scrapped off and the remain beer's alcohol content is slightly greater as a result!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Ice_beer#Ic!.!.!.
Finally, Ice wines are completely different from the above!.!.!. Grapes are picked and pressed while frozen!. That is to say that the water in the grape is frozen during the first frost of the year!.!.!. the sugars remain unfrozen!. This results in a concentrated wine and potentially higher alcohol content!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Ice_wineWww@FoodAQ@Com
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Distilled_b!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Distillatio!.!.!.
Now, Ice beers and Eisbocks are created by lowering the temperature just low enough that some the water freezes and rises to the top but the alcohol remains!. This ice is then scrapped off and the remain beer's alcohol content is slightly greater as a result!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Ice_beer#Ic!.!.!.
Finally, Ice wines are completely different from the above!.!.!. Grapes are picked and pressed while frozen!. That is to say that the water in the grape is frozen during the first frost of the year!.!.!. the sugars remain unfrozen!. This results in a concentrated wine and potentially higher alcohol content!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Ice_wineWww@FoodAQ@Com
Freezing alcohol to remove water is a process of fractional crystallization!. You would start with something about the alcohol content of cider (6-8%)!. You set the temperature of the freezer so that when you leave the product in there, it partially freezes!. You then quickly strain off the liquid from the ice (working outside in the winter is good), put the liquid back in the freezer, and turn the temperature down!. You can do this a few times before you get the temperature of the freezer down to as low as you can!.
In the end you will have applejack!.
You can't get the alcohol content as low using this method as they can in distilleries!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In the end you will have applejack!.
You can't get the alcohol content as low using this method as they can in distilleries!.Www@FoodAQ@Com