Introductory Science of Alcoholic Beverages
Beer, Wine, and Spirits
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2022
388 pages
978-1-000-77948-6 (ISBN)
Description
Introductory Science of Alcoholic Beverages provides readers an engaging introduction to the science behind beer, wine, and spirits. It illustrates not only the chemical principles that underlie what alcoholic beverages are, why they are the way they are and what they contain, but also frames them within the context of historical and societal developments.
Discussed chapter topics include introductions to beer, wine, and spirits; the principles behind fermentation and distillation; and overviews of how each beverage class is made. The chapters highlight the unique chemistries that lend beer, wine, and spirits their individuality, as well as the key chemicals that impart their characteristic aroma and flavor profiles.
This book goes beyond focused descriptions of individual alcoholic beverages by summarizing their common chemical lineage and illuminating the universal scientific principles that underpin them. It will be of interest to students of physics and chemistry, as well as enthusiasts and connoisseurs of beer, wine, and spirits.
Discussed chapter topics include introductions to beer, wine, and spirits; the principles behind fermentation and distillation; and overviews of how each beverage class is made. The chapters highlight the unique chemistries that lend beer, wine, and spirits their individuality, as well as the key chemicals that impart their characteristic aroma and flavor profiles.
This book goes beyond focused descriptions of individual alcoholic beverages by summarizing their common chemical lineage and illuminating the universal scientific principles that underpin them. It will be of interest to students of physics and chemistry, as well as enthusiasts and connoisseurs of beer, wine, and spirits.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 Tables, black and white; 41 Line drawings, color; 55 Line drawings, black and white; 72 Halftones, color; 6 Halftones, black and white; 113 Illustrations, color; 61 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-000-77948-6 (9781000779486)
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Person
Masaru Kuno is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Concurrent Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame. He received his PhD in physical chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. This was followed by a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at JILA/NIST, University of Colorado, Boulder. He then worked for the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC before joining the University of Notre Dame as an Assistant Professor in 2003. Professor Kuno is also the author of the nanoscience textbook Introductory Nanoscience, Physical and Chemical Concepts published by Taylor and Francis.
Content
1. Fermentation 2. Beer 3. Brewing beer 4. Wine 5. Making wine 6. Spirits 7. Distillation
