1st Edition

Introductory Science of Alcoholic Beverages Beer, Wine, and Spirits

By Masaru Kuno Copyright 2023
388 Pages 113 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

388 Pages 113 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

388 Pages 113 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Introductory Science of Alcoholic Beverages provides readers an engaging introduction to the science behind beer, wine, and spirits. It illustrates not only the chemical principles that underlie what alcoholic beverages are, why they are the way they are and what they contain, but also frames them within the context of historical and societal developments. Discussed chapter topics include... Read more

1. Fermentation

2. Beer

3. Brewing beer

4. Wine

5. Making wine

6. Spirits

7. Distillation

Biography

Masaru Kuno is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Concurrent Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame. He received his PhD in physical chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. This was followed by a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at JILA/NIST, University of Colorado, Boulder. He then worked for the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC before joining the University of Notre Dame as an Assistant Professor in 2003. Professor Kuno is also the author of the nanoscience textbook Introductory Nanoscience, Physical and Chemical Concepts published by Taylor and Francis.