analytical chemistry
The branch of chemistry concerned with analysing materials by chemical (or physical) methods.
balance
The need to determine the weights of objects is at least as old as recorded history. Commercial transactions, from the determination of the value of the metal in coins to ...
barley
[Sp]Staple cereal of the Old World of the genus Hordeum. Two main groups are recognized. Two‐row barley (Hordeum distichum) derives from the wild form Hordeum spontameum that was distributed from the ...
Beer, Corn and Maple
Pre-Classic Maya farmers were probably the first people to brew beer from maize, doing so around 2600 b.c.e. The Maya used fermentation as one method of releasing vital amino acids ...
bourbon
American whiskey made by distilling fermented maize mash. Sour mash bourbon is made from mash that has yeast left in it from a previous fermentation.
chemistry
The study of the elements and the compounds they form. Chemistry is mainly concerned with effects that depend on the outer electrons in atoms. See biochemistry; geochemistry; inorganic chemistry; ...
desalination
The removal of dissolved salts and minerals from saline water to produce fresh, drinkable water. Commercial desalination processes include: reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, multieffect distillation, ...
distilling
Whiskey was the most popular drink in Ireland by 1800. In 1700 consumption had been largely confined to those higher up the social scale, but during the 18th century (notably ...
laboratory
A place (room, building) equipped for scientific experiments and/or routine physical chemical and biological tests and/or for production of vaccines, drugs, etc. Laboratories may be dangerous: the ...
still
An apparatus for the distillation of liquids, including the preparation of distilled water. It consists of a heated vessel, a condenser, and a receiver. A continuous apparatus incorporates an ...
vodka
Made from neutral spirit, i.e. alcohol distillate mainly from potatoes, with little or no acid, so that there is no ester formation and hence no flavour. Polish vodka is flavoured with a variety of ...
whisky
A grain spirit distilled from fermented malted barley, rye, maize, or sometimes other cereal. Most brands of whisky are a blend of malt whisky with spirit distilled from grain. The distilled spirit ...
