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Few beverages have as rich a heritage and as complicated a chemistry as bourbon whiskey, often called "America's spirit." The yeast consumes sugars and produces ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide as byproducts during the process called fermentation — that's how the bourbon becomes alcoholic. One of these fractions is called the "hearts," containing mostly ethanol and water, but also small …
