Alcoholic Beverages

I. Introduction

-universal consumption

-blood alcohol

II. Alcohol As a Drug

-structure

metabolism

-mechanism of action

-glutamate neurotransmitter: binds glutamate receptor (NMDA)-decrease in neuron activity

• dopamine, endorphins go up

III. Fermentation

-Yeasts (Saccharomyces)

-Steps of glycolysis fermentation

-alcohol dehydrogenase

IV. Examples of Alcoholic Beverages

A. Wine

-Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) grape surface

-worldwide wine production

-Phylloxera leaf galls root galls Texas root stocks

- Commercial wine-making Wine at home 

1. Harvest & crush (old fashioned way)

2. Fermentation

3. Aging

-How to read wine label

-Types of wine

 Region of France Champagne

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B. Beer

-Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae)

-Humulus lupulus (Cannabaceae)

-German Purity Law

-How to make beer