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Re:Why do men stupefy themselves? Leo Tolstoy on why we drin... by fastball on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:42AM (#36532431)
Many of the compounds / tastes in alcoholic drinks are byproducts of the fermentation process, even if the ethanol itself is tasteless.
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Re:Why do men stupefy themselves? Leo Tolstoy on why we drin... by ZiiS on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:54AM (#36532492)
Most good low alcohol beers are fully fermented and just remove the ethanol via vacuum evaporation or reverse osmosis. Whilst in practice it is difficult the is no theoretical reasons it would damage the taste.
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Re:Why do men stupefy themselves? Leo Tolstoy on why we drin... by Turskarama on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:50AM (#36532471)
And alcohol free beer is generally made by removing the alcohol after fermentation. The problem is, the process of removing the alcohol can also affect the taste, but they're much better at it these days than they used to be.
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