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Do you know how whiskey is made?

Whether you are going for this:

or this:

Whiskey i s pretty much all made th same way.

All you need to do is Obtain a sugar source (CORN, RYE, WHEAT, BARLEY, ETC.), ferment, distill the resulting ‘beer’ to increase strength and mature for several years.

1. Malting - Sugar source

Encourage germination: Steep barley in water, so enzymes (fructase, maltase) turn the starch present in to sugar.

2. Milling – Flour creation

By grinding the harden barley grains a ‘Grist’ is obtained (65% husk, 25% middle and 10% flour) making it possible to extract the suga

3. Mashing – Sugar extraction

Using large vessel (Mash Tun), hot water is percolated through ‘grist’ to extract dissolved sugars, creating hot, sweet water (‘wort’).

4. Fermenting – alcohol creation

Cooled ‘wort’ is put in fermentation vats (‘Wash-Backs’), Yeast is added to eat the sugar and create weak alcohol called ‘wash’.

5. Distilling – concentration of alcohol ‘Wash’ is cooked in stills vaporising at 80°. The vapour is cooled until it recondenses to become 30% spirit (‘low wines’). This is repeated to obtain 70% spirit. The best bit (‘middle cut’) is retained.

7. Maturing – whisky creation

Raw British spirit is transformed in to mellow whisky by maturation in top quality oak casks over several years – the longer the better.

Here is how to do it at home if you so desire:

http://www.whiskeywise.com/homemade-whiskey.html

Looks hard, don't it? Of course you could come here and drink any of the following:

Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Jack Daniels, Crown Royal, Canadian Club, Seagram's VO, Seagram's 7, Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12, Macallan 12, Bowmore 12, Lagavulin 16, Dewar's, Chivas Regal 18, JW Black, Jameson's and Bushmill's.

Kendall Square is not as confusing as it seems.

Here are directions to Flat Top Johnny's using the most high tech satellite imagery and cartography paraphanalia ever invented.

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Free Pool Now Starting at 9PM every Wed. Night!

That's right! Free pool every wed night from 9pm to 1am. We also have recession specials! $3 dollar pub cans of P.B.R., Schlitz and 'Gansett. Quint from Jaws drank 'gansett. You are in good company.

Flat Top Johnny's now serving Anchor Liberty Ale

What better way to celebrate the 4th of July, than a pint of Anchor Brewing Company's Liberty Ale before or after the Fireworks! Now on draft!

Flat Top Johnny's is open on the 4th of July

Flat Top's will be open from 5 pm, until 1am on the 4th! So come on in before or after the fireworks for a bite to eat and some cold refreshment!