Guys and gals - I know, I know - I haven't posted for a long time. My job is just taking for the moment a lot of attention - it is busy in the operations. But I haven't forgotten you - and I haven't forgotten about the opinionated-alchemist.com! First of all, the goody, an amazing video of the reserve channel of youtube: It amazes me, how good youtube videos in the last couple of month have become [even, if they are not uploaded tv shows]. You cannot really complain about anything said or done in this video [maybe except of the short shaking times and the use of egg white as flavor softener]. But it strikes me, that the overall idea of alcohol in history is deeply flawed. Why? Let me explain: In the video, there were two spirits discussed, which were quite in controversy in their times: gin and absinthe. But obviously there are many more instances, you could apply this theory on. The flaw is, that most bartenders and drink historians are perceiving the history...