ACS news service weekly press package - May 15, 2006
...nside of whiskey barrels changes freshly distilled spirits from a colorless, harsh-tasting, yuk! into that familiar sipping-smooth beverage. Charcoal also finds use -- counterproductively, in fact -- to filter and clarify cloudy whiskey. (You'd get a more flavorful beverage if distillers skipped that for-aes......ogon" or moonshine, medicinal compounds, and other spirits such as aftershave products. New analyses indicate...ly tinctures containing herbal remedies; and other spirits (mainly aftershave products and cleaning fluids). Commercially produced vodkas were used for conten...