{"id":330,"date":"2018-01-10T23:03:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T23:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecivilgripe.wordpress.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:04:15","slug":"alcohol-additives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/llimeworks.com\/thecivilgripe.com\/alcohol-additives\/","title":{"rendered":"Caramel Coloring (E150 in the EU) Is a Fraud!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have spent the last two hours trying to find out if the brandy I like has any additives. I couldn\u2019t find the answer. In the process, I found out that most of the cognacs that I enjoy, when I can afford them, have caramel color in them. It makes them look older, so the manufacturers can charge more money for them. Sadly, I also found out that some of my favorite single malt Scotch whiskeys have the same flaw. I am not allergic to whatever they add, but I try to live a pure life, as much as possible. I am talking about food and drink here not morality. I wish to avoid as much as possible, the introduction of any kind of chemicals made in a laboratory into my body. That includes aspirin, cocaine, caramel color, propylene glycol, high fructose corn syrup and so on. Sadly, I couldn\u2019t find quick answers to my inquiries. On top of that, I also found that some brands of vodka have propylene glycol in them. I usually have a bottle of Polish Wodka Luksusowa in the house. I think that the purest vodka is made from potatoes and I hope this one is actually pure. I found their website and I sent them an inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Back to my Cognac or I should rather say my Brandy. Brandy is an umbrella name for many beverages of which Cognac is the most expensive. At this point, I\u2019d like to say that I am quite done with Cognac. I found a few that do not add caramel color though now I am not sure if they add anything else. Also, they are not found in my neighborhood, so I will skip them.\u00a0 I will contact some Armagnac distilleries and asked them those questions. I really appreciate a good Armagnac and would love to find out which ones are pure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There might be some good news in this cesspool of additives. I am not very fond of the United States FDA nor the TTB which is controlling alcohol and tobacco sales. However, it turns out that the TTB enforces a law about straight whiskey. Straight whiskey, be it bourbon, rye or whatever, cannot contain any additives. There are quite a few really good ones out there. My research has also led me to another law, specifically the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897<\/a>. <\/strong>The parameters of this law are even stricter than the ones about straight whiskey.\nTo be labeled as bottled-in-bond<\/em> or bonded<\/em>, the liquor must be the product of one distillation season (January\u2013June or July\u2013December) and one distiller at one distillery<\/a>. It must have been aged in a federally bonded warehouse<\/a> under U.S. government supervision for at least four years and bottled at 100 (U.S.) proof<\/a> (50% alcohol by volume). The bottled product’s label must identify the distillery where it was distilled and, if different, where it was bottled.[2]<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup> Only spirits produced in the United States may be designated as bonded.
https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bottled_in_bond<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the many interesting sounding whiskeys listed there is also a Sacred Bond Brandy from the Heaven Hill Company. I will look for some very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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