Have you ever wanted to make your own bourbon?
Don’t!
The process might be relatively simple- heat a fermented liquid and keep only the boiled alcohol – but it is dangerous and illegal without a license.
This video discusses how to separate one type of liquid from a slurry of others through boiling points and the intermolecular forces that influence them.
Distilling liquor might be a relatively simple process — heating a fermented liquid and keeping only the boiled alcohol — but it is dangerous and illegal without a license.
To extract only alcohol from a mixture of many ingredients, scientists must explore boiling points and the intermolecular forces that shape them.
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