Liquor
Liquor is any alcoholic drink containing ethanol and produced by distilling. They are also called distilled beverages. The term hard liquor is used around North America and India to tell distilled beverages from those that are weaker. If the beverage carries no added sugar or has at least 20% alcohol by volume, it is referred to as a spirit. Alcoholic beverages are under different regulations around the world.
Liquor Media
A display of various liquors in a supermarket
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Viru Valge, an Estonian vodka
Distillation equipment used by the 3rd century alchemist Zosimos of Panopolis, from the Byzantine Greek manuscript Parisinus graecus 2327.
An illustration of brewing and distilling industry methods in England, 1858
These flaming cocktails illustrate that some liquors will readily catch fire and burn.
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A row of alcoholic beverages – in this case, spirits – in a bar
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Map of Europe with individual countries grouped by preferred type of alcoholic drink, based on recorded alcohol consumption per capita (age 15+) (in liters of pure alcohol) in 2016.* Wine* Beer* Spirits
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Abandoned 19th-century vodka distillery in Estonia