THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPIRITS | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-15T10:24:07+08:00PeatixSingapore Science Festival 2019THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPIRITStag:peatix.com,2019:event-12988042019-09-11T13:00:00SGT2019-09-11T13:00:00SGTThe barrel has provided the brown/gold color of aged spirits, the longer the liquor aged, the darker it got. This occurred because the water and ethanol that makes up a spirit leaches out tannins and other darker-hued elements from the barrel’s staves.Aging doesn’t necessarily improve liquor—it only changes it. A whiskey that’s spent three years in a cask will taste very different from the same distillate that’s had eight years in a barrel. Yet you might prefer the younger to the older—it’s all a matter of taste.Enter the journey of the science behind the distilling of spirits and ending it with by appreciating the beauty of the spirits with a session of spirits tasting. Our speaker aim is to educate his audiences the art and science of spirits.