ABOVE: Here is Big E with a better view of our Barchusen Apparatus on a 3,000mL boiler. ABOVE: This is what the conduit intersection looks like, viewing the condenser from the side. There is no mixing junction at the intersections,… Read more ›
Dr. Herman Boerhaave was born at Voorhout in 1668 and earned his doctorate at Leyden in 1690, teaching theoretical medicine, then practical medicine, then chemistry. He is the scientist who is credited with assigning the word “alcohol” for the spirits… Read more ›
Johann Conrad Barkhausen (Barchusen in the Dutch) was a chemistry teacher in Utrecht around the year 1694. He ascended to professor at the University of Utrecht in 1704, and held that post until his death in 1723. His apparatuses for… Read more ›
We are a producer of fruit liqueurs and fruit spirits, and ethyl acetate is a principal ester and flavor component. This ester is produced by the slow esterification reaction of acetic acid and ethanol produced during fermentations at low pHs.… Read more ›