When the CIA estimated on October 20, 1962, that 6,000 to 8,000 Soviet troops were stationed in Cuba, the true number was more than 40,000. 3. To keep news of the crisis from leaking, a concocted cold was blamed for President Kennedyâs cancellation of public events.
Well, my lad. A malt beverage is a beverage made from malt. Malt beverage, as a term, is meant to enclose all beer, ale, and porter (and everything in between), without having to distinguish between them. It's easier to tax beer and ale as one product than having two different sets of standards. That's my theory, at least.
Malt is cereal grains that have been germinated and dried. The grains (barley is commonly used) are soaked in water then dried in hot air, a process that allows them to germinate. This is called malting.. Malting allows the starches in the grains to change into sugars, such as glucose and fructose. The process of malting is used for a number of products, including flours, malted milk, malt whiskey and malt balls. There are two types of malt powder -- diastatic and nondiastatic. The former involves the process described above, in which active enzymes transform starches into sugars.