Questions tagged [alcohol]
Alcohol is a class of liquids which includes beer, wine, liquor and spirits, and is used as a flavor enhancer in cooking. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with alcohol as a star ingredient. Questions about dishes which include alcohol, but are not focused on alcohol, should not use this tag.
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Has My Cider Fermented?
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I recently came into possession of a lot of apples and decided to make cider before they spoiled. I've done this before once or twice and have the correct gear, but very ...
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Looking for technical information for direct/reverse spherification with alcohol
I am trying to create alcohol spheres ranging in ABV from 10% to 40%. Reverse spherification seems like the ideal option because I want the spheres to have that pop feeling and have the liquid come ...
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Irish Cream Manufacturing
What do you need to make Irish cream in a more professional way that lasts for a long time without going bad like baileys.
Do you have to use a homogenizer, and is there alternatives so it doesn't ...
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Can't get rid of alcohol smell in my sourdough starter
I made my first sourdough starter around 3 weeks ago. I made it with spelt flour. It was nice and ready after a 7 or 10 days and had really nice yeast smell. I had to leave town for 4 days and let my ...
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Vanilla extract with pure alcohol
Nearly every recipe for making vanilla extract suggests the use of Vodka, or an alternative alcoholic beverage with a high alcohol content (typically 35%+), such as Rum or Bourbon. However, the ...
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Crystals on bottle of sweet alcohol
We've been given an old bottle of alcohol, an amaretto.
At the top of the bottle, where the lid and bottle rim meet, a few crystals have formed. I'm guessing it's the sugars but am not sure.
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Are freezer bags not safe to store alcohol?
I had some wine leftover and wanted to put them in the freezer to use it at a later point for baking or cooking. So I just poured it into a freezer bag.
Today, I noticed that the bag is not frozen ...
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Why not use alcohol ice?
I don't really drink alcohol so it's more of a theoretical question.
I know that some people don't like ice because it dilutes the drink, so they prefer to use metal or stone cubes instead.
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Can beef bourguignon be halal? [closed]
I'm preparing for the next master chef and want to show off. But I only eat halal. Can it be prepared without alcohol, bacon and cream?
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Can we keep alcoholic beverages indefinitely?
I have some never opened alcoholic bottles under the kitchen sink and has been there for years. The are basically whiskey, vodka and bacardi.
I always thought that alcoholic drink never go bad and ...
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Unopened wine bottles kept in fridge. Are they still good?
I have a couple of bottles of wine in my fridge that have never been opened (original packaging) and have been there for ~3 years.
Would that mean that the wine have become worse and hence should ...
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How to remove the flavor from whisky stones?
I made the mistake of buying these awesome whisky stones (soapstone) to chill my drinks. Besides the fact that they don't cool the drink down a lot, they acquire a freezer taste and ruin the flavor of ...
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How to add bourbon flavor?
I’ve fermented two batches of sriracha, one in a small bourbon cask, the other in a mason jar.
The bourbon cask fermented batch flavor is fantastic. The mason jar batch is tasty too.
I’m curious how I ...
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When left out in an open container, what % abv does vodka retain at room temperature?
If I pour vodka (40% abv) into an open glass, and then leave it out overnight (or for some time), what percent ABV does it stabalize at? Or does all of its alcohol content evaporate (leaving just ...
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Is there any trick to make a palindrome-cocktail?
I'm trying to make a palindrome cocktail:
made by building the components, like for example the classic B52; and also
having the same ingredients going from top to bottom as it has going from bottom ...
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Can durian be used as a cocktail ingredient?
I saw that a local Asian supermarket sells durian, so I picked one up, and was thinking that making an alcoholic drink for Christmas would be a great idea, but what kind of drinks could I make?
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Name of the alcoholic products of fermenting sugar and distilling mead, analogous to fermenting grapes to get wine and distilling wine to get brandy?
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Ferment grains and you get beer. Distill that beer and you get whiskey.
Ferment grapes and you get wine. Distill that wine and you get brandy.
Ferment sugar you get ???. Distill ...
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Non-alcoholic substitution for dry white wine in bolognese sauce and other tomato sauces?
What is the purpose of dry white wine in a recipe like bolognese sauce? I need to substitute something non-alcoholic for the wine and while I've found many great lists of possible substitutions, the ...
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Cooking alcohol: how many calories are lost?
Google fails me.
I'm curious how many calories are burned away when you cook various kinds of alcohol...wines, liquors, beers (including lite beer).
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Non-alcoholic substitute for brandy?
I have a cake that calls for 4 Tablespoons of brandy. I don't have any brandy in the house, nor any kind of liquor at all (besides maybe red wine vinegar which doesn't help much). Is there anything I ...
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How to open this plastic cap?
How do I open this cap? It is from a bottle of Bombay gin.
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Almond extract: oil- or alcohol-based?
Almond extracts can apparently be based on a base oil or on alcohol - what's the functional difference?
I was making some almond biscuits (cookies) the other day, decorated with a little almond icing....
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Injecting Jack Daniels into pork
I have been smoking meats for a while now, and was recently given a marinade injector. I searched through a few forums, and found a few people really like mixing apple juice with Jack Daniels for ...
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Alcohol level still the same after being soaked with dried fruit
Prunes soaked in gin, does the gin still have same alcohol content after 2 months?
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What defines the type of the fermentation (alcohol/lacto)?
What defines the outcome of the fermentation?
You put the veggie, fruit in an anaerobic environment and you either get "Alcohol fermentation" (ethanol) or "Lacto fermentation" (...
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Disolving chocolate in vodka?
I wanted to make a chocolatey drink, but creme de cacao is way too sweet. So I decided to try making chocolate vodka. I added about 3/4 cup of 63% chips (Guittard extra dark) into a small magic bullet ...
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Bourboning up a ganache
I'm making this bete noire for tomorrow: La Bete Noire I have yet to screw up this recipe. It's easy, and will satisfy most hedonists.
It is a little one-note though. I'd like to add some bourbon to ...
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What's the difference between Santa Cruz Rum and Jamaican Rum?
Reading through a book of cocktail recipes from the late 1800s, I notice some recipes call specifically for Santa Cruz rum and some call for Jamaican rum. Is this a mere place of origin reference, or ...
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How to properly use alcohol when cooking something? [closed]
I remember one time where our father decided to use some liquor on the food we/he was cooking, and he says it gives more flavor. Yes, it does work, but I fear getting drunk or even having that strange ...
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Cocktail infused Creme Brulee?
I am making crème brulee for 60, I intend to sous vide them (thinking 180 degrees F, roughly 83C?), and I would like to create an "old fashioned" flavored crème brulee. To accomplish this, I ...
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Shaking cocktails without bar equipment
Is it possible to make shaken cocktails without bar equipment handy? How do you improvise when a cocktail shaker or strainer isn't available?
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What exactly is a boozy preserved egg and how are they made?
On page 431 of Fuchsia Dunlop's The Food Of Sichuan there is a sort of vague description of a boozy preserved egg (zaodon, 糟蛋) but I'm having trouble finding any more detail on how they are made.
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What alcoholic drinks are popular with out alcohol? [closed]
I don't drink alcohol do to a Psychiatric drug.
There has to be some alcoholic drinks that taste okay with out alcohol.
What drinks are popular to get with out alcohol?
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Do alcohol and salt help in preservation of dehydrated vegetables?
I dehydrate vegetables and keep them in glass jars for a long time. Is it a good idea to put a small amount of alcohol 70% in the jar before I insert the vegetables, in order to kill the bacterias? Is ...
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Can Rum-balls be made without alcohol?
My wife and I enjoy a recipe for rum-balls that she has made in the past, but we have friends that choose not to consume any alcohol.
Is there any hope for non-alcoholic rum-balls? What could be ...
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Does fruitcake made with alcohol stay alcoholic after aging?
I'm trying to keep up a tradition of sending fruitcake out to families, only I know some families are more averse to alcohol in general than others.
The recipe I have uses 170 grams of brandy as well ...
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Can you put a bottle of whiskey in the oven
I was in the mood to give someone a bottle of whiskey, but to customize it, I wanted to decorate it with polymer clay. But to set polymer clay, you have to put it in the oven and so therefore I would ...
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When mixing eggnog with brandy, which is poured first?
Liquids often mix due to different densities, so which one should I pour first in order to have them mix properly?
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Is there residual alcohol in various vinegars?
How much, if any, alcohol is left when vinegar is made from alcoholic products? Does this differ between different types of vinegar, such as malt, red wine, white wine and spirit vinegars?
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What is distilled or freeze-concentrated mead called?
I brewed a 10 gallon batch of mead for my wedding/honeymoon last year. It's a sack mead, so it tends to be more on the sweet side, like a cordial. I've decided to freeze concentrate (as opposed to ...
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What is a substitute for red or white wine in a recipe?
If someone cannot or will not use wine for cooking, what would be a good substitute?
Question applies to both red and white wine.
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how much alcohol is cooked away in preparing agar agar? [duplicate]
I make vegan jello by dissolving agar agar in boiling water. Sometimes I add liqueur (e.g. Grand Marnier) for a little flavoring and sweetness, in which case I would add about 0.5 cup of liqueur to 5....
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What type of rum to use when making vanilla extract?
My mom just bought me some vanilla beans from Tahiti and said that the person she bought them from suggested using rum to make an extract. What type of rum should be used, white or dark rum, and is ...
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Lobster Death! Freezer vs. Alcohol
I love lobster but I must admit I am not very good at cooking it. I want to make this easier on my self by just adding the lobster to a flavorful broth. I've heard in the past that if you are going ...
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Eggnog to Spirit ratio? [closed]
I know, I know, I should be making my own eggnog, but when I'm in a pinch and I don't have the time to make my own eggnog, I have to rely on the store bought stuff.
With that being said, can anyone ...
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how to calculate a standard drink from the alcohol percentage?
Part science, part arithmetic question.
For alcohol with proof x what volume constitutes a single drink?
Defining a standard drink as 14 grams of alcohol:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Can alcohol extraction be used to draw more of the spice flavors out in chai tea concentrate?
I make chai concentrate by:
Quickly boiling ginger puree twice (each time for about 20-30 minutes).
Boiling the spices (bruised/coarse-ground) for about an hour, removing the liquid, then repeating ...
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How to add alkaline to a drink?
I've recently become fascinated by the use of butterfly pea blossoms to add colour to alcoholic drinks. (Yes, I've been watching How To Drink on Youtube). It acts as a natural pH indicator--add lemon ...
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Change of volume mixing dry & wet ingredients
4C Water ~ 4 C Sugar ~ 1C instant Coffee[dry] 1QT Vodka
Water & dry ingredients mixed-simmered & cooled prior to adding Vodka. Need to know volume as must let sit 30 days in glass vessel &...
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How to infuse vanilla into bourbon (or other spices into liquor) using low heat without reducing alcohol proof?
I want to make and serve a vanilla bourbon, so I want to maintain as much of the alcohol as possible--ideally all of it. I've tried nitrous and room temperature infusions with various amounts of ...
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