and is brandy simply a water-alcohol mixture?
2007-02-17 06:04:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The casks that the brandy is matured in give it the brown colour.
Vodka is the straight alcohol-water mixture, not brandy.
2007-02-17 06:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many distilled spirits are very lightly coloured when first distilled. They pick up colour from being aged in wooden barrels. Scotch Whisky is traditionally aged in old sherry barrels which gives it some colour, brandy might have been aged or stored in old wine barrels which would also colour it.
Some commercially available spirits are coloured with caramel, eg rum and some varieties of brandy might be too. The brown colour is traditional rather than necessary.
2007-02-17 17:48:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alcohol content is high enough to act as a solvent. Over time it slowly dissolves favouroids and other compounds from the cask plus colouring and favouring it.
2007-02-17 14:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raw one is of high concentration which is usually very strong when compared to the colored one. The raw one is mixed with a substance called Caramel to get the brown color. So, this mixing reduces the concentration.
2007-02-18 02:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by Rajesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋