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Jamaica Gleaner UWI/Eye on Science
published: Thursday | November 16, 2006

Drinks of the season
Champagne - Champagne is a pale gold wine that is produced by blending together white table wines from selected varieties of grapes and made effervescent by a second fermentation by special 'champagne' yeast in the presence of some added sugar.

Brewing beer

Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of malted grain flavoured with hops. It is thought that the first beer, made around 5,000 BC, was the result of accidental fermentation of wet grain or even wet bread.


From juice to rum

Rum is an alcoholic beverage made in various ways from the juice of the sugar cane, and its derivatives, such as molasses, have been known for centuries. Rum production is centred in the Caribbean region, but is also produced in other parts of the world..


Our Services - New study programme at UWI Physics Department

The Department of Physics at the University of the West Indies (UWI) recently announced a new collaborative initiative with the UWI's School of Continuing Studies at Camp Road, to offer a programme aimed at helping to produce..




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