In article >, Steve Potter > wrote:
>On Dec 13, 9:26=A0am, Jim > wrote:
>> My wife does not drink and I do, this means I have to drink twice as
>> much to make up for the fact that she does not drink. This is not all
>> bad because when we go out I am guaranteed a very sober chafer. All
>> kidding aside is there a simple low cost way to dealcoholize wine so
>> one can enjoy the taste without the buzz? =A0
>
>Well, the easiest way would be to not add the yeast to start with.
>However your drink would be much higher in sugar.
>
>In all seriousness, you should be able to remove tha alcohol by
>pulling a vacuum on the wine. If you get the appropriate pressure,
>the alcohol should boil away leaving the rest of the wine. Now for
>how it would taste, I have no idea. Let me know if you try it.
>

In all seriousness, this ain't gonna happen without laboratory or industrial
equipment. Have you checked the vapor pressure of ethanol at room temperature?
It's 49.5 mm Hg. That's one helluva vacuum, only about 0.06 atmospheres.

I sure wouldn't try pulling that kind of vacuum on a glass carboy. If you want
to make the experiment, by all means go ahead, but do the rest of us a favor:
set up a camcorder first, and post the video on youtube. :-)