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Fermentation
Fermentation is the process of converting sugars into alcohol, and
has been an integral part of societies dating back for tens of thousands of
years.
The ancient cultures probably discovered fermentation by
accident, allowing some type of sugary, fruit juice to remain exposed to the
elements, where it could be found by yeast that floated through the
air.
Native cultures harvest berries, chew them for a brief minute, spit
them into a large container, and allow it to ferment naturally. Their saliva
acts as an agent to break the sugars down into more simple sugars that the
yeast can act upon.
After realizing that their juice had somehow taken
on special properties, they considered it blessing and a gift from the
gods.
Today, our interest in fermentation is no longer a spiritual
aspect of our lives, but we certainly take advantage of the knowledge of the
fermentation process in a big way.
Beer, wine, champagne, all of it
comes from the process of fermentation.
A simple demonstration of the
fermentation process can be seen by taking any kind of fruit juice from your
local market, and adding a packet of yeast to it. Within a few hours, the yeast
will start converting the sugars into alchohol, and within a couple of weeks,
the fermentation process will will finish, and you'll have an alchoholic
beverage. It won't taste very good, but it will do the job.
There are
better ways to create a drink that will be more enjoyable to your taste buds
though. In our society, we can go online, and find multiple websites where we
can buy everything we need to create our own home made
brews.
Specialized yeasts are available, as well as different kinds of
malt that you can choose from depending on your tastes.
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Herbs and Descriptions
(With over 90 Different
Herbs)
Basic Brewing Techniques
Some Cool Recipes
A blind man makes his way to a bar stool and orders a drink.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you
wanna hear a blonde joke?"
The bar immediately falls absolutely quiet.
In a very deep,husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that
joke, sir, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should
know five things:
1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball
bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde "biker girl."
3. I'm a 6 foot
tall, 175 pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
4. The woman
sitting next to me is a blonde and a professional weightlifter.
5. The
lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.
Now, think
about it seriously Mister, Do you still wanna tell that joke?"
The
blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters, "Nah...not if I'm
gonna have to explain it five times." |
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