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To: Kenny Bunk

Couldn’t have been terribly more potent than present wines. Maximum alcohol content without distillation is around 16%.

Higher concentrations the alcohol, which is essentially yeast urine, kills the yeast.


15 posted on 08/28/2013 1:36:12 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

Modern strains of champagne yeast will ferment to around 22%, and are used to make super-strong beers.

One of my favorite wines is the Dobra Zemlja Zinfandel, which rings in at a stout 16.8% alcohol. It is so flavorful that most folks don’t even taste the alcohol...really good Zin.


18 posted on 08/28/2013 1:51:33 PM PDT by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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