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(More customer reviews)"Distilleries" provides a brief outline of the manufacture of several major product-lines including whiskey, rum, gin, tequila, and vodka. Viewers also learn that these processes began around 3,000 B.C. in Pakistan, that 18th-century England and the U.S. consumption was partly to replace unsanitary water, and that Prohibition cost the U.S. Treasury about $500 million/year.
Water is a key ingredient - for whiskey limestone-rich (hard) water without iron is ideal. Aging inside oak barrels (charred internally) for 2-40 years also contribute important flavors and color to American whiskey; used once, they are then sent to Scotland and used to make Scotch. Scotch reportedly is aged 12-40 years, with 2% evaporating/year - reportedly the "angel's share." (Seems a bit far-fetched - means 80% is lost over 40 years.)
Blue Agave Tequila is made in Mexico. The plants take up to 12 years to grow, and the main stems (absent the sharp leaves) weigh 45-220 lbs. Cloning is now being used to create greater uniformity, larger yields, and less disease. The average agave plant yields 9 bottles of 100% tequila.
Finally, we get to vodka. The product is distilled 4 times, and then filtered multiple times, reducing the severity of hangovers.
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