This review article is based on scientific and popular science publications as well articles from branch magazines that refer to the production of alcohol in Poland traditional grain raw materials. New trends broadly understood alcoholic beverages point a return materials methods, preferably carried out small, distillery – crafted beers, local wines or spirits. Consumers desire tradition, howev...

The Upper Kolyma Yukaghirs, a small group of indigenous hunters in north-eastern Siberia, rarely give names to spirits and have no neatly ordered system of classification. I develop an argument that relates this to the nature of Yukaghir experience, going beyond the academically widespread view of knowledge as a matter of linguistic representations or cognition and focusing instead on the way t...

The Spiritist perspective on mental disorders exerts a great influence in Brazil. Spiritist theory supports the survival of the spirit after death with an exchange of knowledge between the incarnated and disincarnated spirits. This article reviews the texts on mental disorders and Spiritism written by four leading Spiritist authors: Allan Kardec, Bezerra de Menezes, Inácio Ferreira and Joanna d...

here is strong evidence that increasing the cost of alcohol reduces the overall amount that is consumed. In a range of countries, price increases have been consistently shown to reduce alcohol consumption and related harms in both the general population and at-risk populations such as young people and heavy drinkers. Conversely, price decreases have resulted in an increase in consumption and ha...

Among the family of sugarcane spirits, those made from juice are diverse and often produced in a traditional way. They must be distinguished other which more widely derivatives, such as molasses. These alcoholic beverages contribute significantly to socio-economic development many countries. However, despite ancestral know-how, there is lack contemporary data required characterize some spirits ...

The production of neutral distilled spirits is increasing worldwide due to the popularity beverages such as vodka and gin. Yeast fermentation lies at heart production, but there are salient differences between yeast strains employed for spirits, compared those used in whisky, rum, brandy fermentation. For example, former white spirit processes aim minimise synthesis flavour-active volatile comp...