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Coffey was born in 1780, though the place of his birth is disputed. Some sources say he was born in Ireland (most likely in Co. Dublin or Co. Wicklow), [2] while others refer to his birth in Calais, France, to Irish parents. [3]
Distilling fermented products to yield alcoholic beverages with a high content by volume of ethyl alcohol. Desalination to produce potable water and for medico-industrial applications. Crude oil stabilisation , a partial distillation to reduce the vapor pressure of crude oil, which thus is safe to store and to transport, and thereby reduces the ...
James Ritty opened another saloon, the Pony House, in 1882 in a building on South Jefferson Street that was previously a school of French and English for young ladies. For the Pony House, Ritty commissioned woodcarvers from Barney and Smith Car Company to turn 5,400 pounds of Honduras mahogany into a bar. The fruit of their labors was a bar 12 ...
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The Zunis made fermented beverages from aloe, maguey, corn, prickly pear, pitaya and grapes. [50] The Creek of Georgia and Cherokee of the Carolinas used berries and other fruits to make alcoholic beverages. [51] The Huron made a mild beer by soaking corn in water to produce a fermented gruel to be consumed at tribal feasts. [49]
However, poitín, although made illegal in 1661, has been legal for export in Ireland since 1997. Note that the term moonshine itself is often misused as many believe it to be a specific kind of high- proof alcohol that was distilled from corn, but the term can refer to any illicitly distilled alcohol.
Ohio University was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the Board of Treasury of the United States and the Ohio Company of Associates, which set aside the College Lands to support a university, and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] [2] [3] opening for students in 1809. [4]
Whisky made in Scotland is known as Scotch whisky, or simply as "Scotch" (especially in North America). The regions of Scotch whisky Scotch whiskies are generally distilled twice, although some are distilled a third time and others even up to twenty times. [ 83 ]