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Ginger beer -temperature vs. alcohol content
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 06:14:37
Aim: To shift the azeotrope of the ethanol and water mixture in ginger beer in order to produce more potent alcohol using thermodynamics.
Hypothesis: Different temperature states during the fermentation process will produce a variety of alcohol percentages in ginger beer.
Background Research:
In the modern beer brewing process, four basic ingredients--water, malt, hops (flowers of the Humulus lupulus plant), and brewing yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)--initiate myriad biological and chemical processes, including enzymatic digestion, fermentation,
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experiment for things such as cloudiness and clarity that could be later compared.
The outcome of the experiment poses new ideas into what future investigations might be useful. Such as ¾ what else is strongly related to temperature conditions? Or ¾ what else is linked with the rise or fall of the alcohol content? Or ¾ is 31°C the optimum temperature for any other alcoholic beverages?
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