Beer bottles vs. the sun

When light strikes beer, the beer can become skunked.  This flavor and aroma is described as tasting like onion and smelling like the nasty stuff that shoots out of a pissed-off striped mammal.  The skunky flavor comes from the compound 3-methylbut-2-ene-1-thiol, or...
The Grand Days of Prohibition

The Grand Days of Prohibition

When you hear about prohibition (in the USA during 1920-1933 alcohol was illegal) , people tend to glamorize how the sneaky partiers were always one step ahead of Johnny Law.  You hear about the glamorous secret parties, the underground tunnels between establishments,...