Wine expert has explained why alcoholic drinks have different colours.
Whiskey, vodka, red wine and champagne, all four are alcoholic drinks. All lead to intoxication. All also contain alcohol, but the question is why their color is different. Does the change in color also change the amount of alcohol present in it? Who climbs the fastest? Wine experts say, there are many reasons behind this.
Experts say, the method of making liquor and the method of filtering puts it in different categories. After this they get names like whiskey, vodka and champagne. Know what is the mathematics of the color of wine and which one has more alcohol.
What is the mathematics of wine color?
The easiest way to understand the mathematics of wine color is to understand how it is made and filtered. Let us understand it one by one. Wine experts say that wine comes in different colours. The thing to keep in mind is that the bottle does not only contain alcohol, it also contains many things along with it. Now let us understand how their color changes.
Beer and whiskey.
Drinks like whiskey, rum and brandy are stored for years in oak wooden barrels. Chemicals like wood color, tannin and caramel dissolve in it and turn it golden or brown. This is why the whiskey is brown. Rum appears slightly darker and brandy appears golden in colour.
Regarding whiskey, wine expert Sonal Holland says that whiskey is 100 percent vegetarian. It is prepared from barley, corn and rye. After this it is mixed with water and yeast and fermented. Then it is stored in wooden barrels. After this it gets color and flavor.
red wine.
These are also the reasons
This is a matter of whiskey, rum and brandy. Now let us know how red wine gets this color. It is made from grapes. The peels of red grapes are used to give it red color. At the same time, the more barley is processed to make beer, the darker the color it becomes.
There is also a process of purification behind coloring the liquor. For example, drinks like vodka and gin are in the form of pure ethanol. That’s why they are as transparent as water. At the same time, sometimes due to the color of the bottle the drink looks of a different color from outside. Like- liquor present in green and brown bottles.
Whiskey is prepared from barley.
How much alcohol is in which drink?
The amount of alcohol in a drink is measured by ABV. This is called alcohol by volume. Normal beer usually has 5%-12% alcohol content. At the same time, red wine contains 12-15%, white wine contains 8-12%, wine contains 8%-15% and sparkling wine/champagne contains 10-12% alcohol.
Country liquor contains 20%-40% alcohol. It also depends on the states and the process of making them there. Whiskey sold in India contains 42.8% alcohol, vodka 35%-50%, gin 37%-47%, rum 37%-50%, tequila 35%-50%, brandy 35%-45%.
Wine expert Sonal Holland says, alcohol makes any drink hard. Its quantity determines how intoxicated the drinker will be.
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