Re: Alcohol question

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Dear Dan S.:

"Dan S." <danUNDERscoreGOEShereSLAUGHTER@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mn.b4b47d7bda9b2268.72115@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Newbie here. I have a query about mulled wine. If
I want to make a mulled wine recipe, and alcohol
and water are eternally miscable, at what
temperature does the alcohol evaporate (or boil out)
of the heated wine?

Continuously. Water and ethyl alcohol form an azeotrope (look it up on Wikipedia).

Certainly simply avoiding boiling the mixture
doesn't salvage the greatest amount of alcohol.

"Salvage"? Are you trying to concentrate the alcohol?

No, but I want to maintain the highest concentration while adequately infusing or "steeping" the spices that put in.

Certainly the alcohol will evaporate or boil
out sooner? Am I incorrect?

Read "azeotrope".

David A. Smith

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Yours,
Dan S.

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