March 19, 2014, 5:06 pm by: natalie
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One of our latest experiments which would attempt to test whether or not there were actual, and measurable, variations in product quality across a range of beverage types in various locations. In some of these experiments I chose different drinks (such as orange juice, lemonade, etc) from different locations.
We where investigating the effect of alcohol mixed with variety types of juices to the metabolism and overall harm to the human body.
Despite the widespread awareness of the harmfulness of alcohol, it is sometimes difficult to stop at one toast, or even more so - to maintain complete abstinence. Therefore, it is worth knowing what steps to take to reduce the adverse effects of alcohol on our body. Recently, fructose has been written only in relation to its negative effect on the body, it is worth knowing that this sugar has one important value - it accelerates the metabolism of alcohol.
Scientific research clearly confirms that the consumption of fructose before and during ethanol consumption makes the body more efficiently cope with its breakdown. Simply put, consuming a certain dose of fructose can reduce some of the adverse effects of ethanol consumption. A portion of fruit or one or two glasses of juice drunk at the party will certainly not hurt.
However, it is worth remembering that excess fructose is simply harmful and - that not everyone tolerates it well in food, and taking very high doses of it may adversely affect the work of the liver.
This led me to make the decision to compare different types of beer within the same beer brand. It seems reasonable, though not without problems. As I wrote in "The Good Beer Guy" column (see my article here, in PDF format): I was initially attracted to "Pabst Blue Ribbon" because it seemed to have a better taste than "Sierra Nevada" and "Pabst Blue Ribbon" in a variety of beer styles.
However, these were all fairly "normal" (i.e. similar in terms of alcohol content by volume). In particular, I found it hard to believe that "Pabst Blue Ribbon" could have such a significant alcohol/pint ratio in comparison to "Pabst Blue Ribbon." For these reasons I decided to try an experiment which would compare beer of different alcohol content to see which "Pabst Blue Ribbon" style produced the highest alcohol-to-pint ratios for beers of various alcohol content. I decided to compare beer styles from different breweries, because I'm interested in how various styles of beer taste (or not, in terms of the taste of some of the beers they were brewed with).
I was looking for the ratio of beer alcohol to volume, since the volume of an alcoholic drinks is dependent on the amount of alcohol. For some beers this was not particularly relevant as volumes of alcoholic drinks vary widely within beer styles, so what I really wanted to look for was the ratio of alcohol to volume. (See my article "Beer Styles & Alcohol Content" at the bottom of this page.) Here's one of my attempts: It's a bit odd to see that in the graph above the amount of alcohol in the fresh juice.