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grain alcohol

[′grān ′al·kə‚hȯl]
(organic chemistry)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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For the liquor production, we used the tangerine spirit produced in the Laboratory of Vegetables of the Federal University of Goias (UFG) - Brazil, industrial spirits (DECAL distillery, Brazil) and grain alcohol hydrated (Celeste Farma, Brazil) refined sugar (Union, Brazil) and potable water.
JOEL BAKER & IAN SCALZO/Bourbon & Branch/San Francisco, California The Spanish Prisoner For the coffee tincture: 4 ounces coffee beans 1 cup high proof grain alcohol For the cocktail: 3 tablespoons Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey * 1 1/2.
"Nice smooth and crisp, but with a grain alcohol burn."
Rats given two glasses of Italian white wine a day had less damage during a heart attack than those on water or grain alcohol.
A single note 100 per cent organic Eau de Parfum with Ylang Ylang essential oil and pure grain alcohol. The perfume comes inside an organic cotton drawstring bag.
Environmentally friendly ingredients to look for include grain alcohol, coconut or other plant oils, rosemary and sage.
Zhurov (Alexei Poluyan) lives with his drunk-to-the-point-of-oblivion mother (Valentina Andryukova) and an isolated shack where Alexei (Alexei Serebryakov) and his wife Tonya (Natalya Akimova) sell grain alcohol. The look of the shack and some of the later action, seem to reference "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
In the 18th century, whiskey was not aged in barrels and therefore was served as a clear grain alcohol. It wasn't until 1820 that a distiller began filtering whiskey through vats of sugar-maple charcoal to make a smoother product, and since then, American whiskey has typically been aged in oak barrels for at least two years.
Also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, the chemical enjoys unprecedented raves in the media, with bipartisan political support, as the potential fuel of the future.
With regards to transportation fuels, let's begin with Ethanol, the clear liquid which is essentially grain alcohol derived mainly from corn, but also from sugarcane, beets and potatoes.
When many of us think of whisky (Scottish brands are spelled without the "e"), we might think of a sinus-clearing harsh grain alcohol that has little flavor and a lot of fire.
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