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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 214: From Barrels to Beakers – The Evolution of American Whiskey
Description: What do you get when you take rye and ferment it with yeast, concentrate that yeast urine into a liquid, take that liquid and stick it in a burned barrel for two years? If you said ‘whiskey’ you would be correct! Yes that golden brown drink of the wild west is basically old barrel juice, but a very influential juice indeed. This week I discuss the historical significance of whiskey with Dr. Harris Cooper, and we explore quite a few interesting areas, including how neo-nerds are taking whiskey out of the barrel and putting it into a lab, how ‘Popcorn’...