alcoholic beverages
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alcoholic beverages Drinks made by fermenting fruit juices, sugars, and fermentable carbohydrates with
yeast to form
alcohol. These include
beer,
cider, and
perry, 4–6% alcohol by volume;
wines, 9–13% alcohol;
spirits (e.g.
brandy,
gin,
rum,
vodka,
whisky) made by distilling fermented liquor, 38–45% alcohol;
liqueurs made from distilled spirits, sweetened and flavoured, 20–40% alcohol; and fortified wines (aperitif wines,
madeira,
port,
sherry) made by adding spirit to wine, 18–25% alcohol. See also
alcohol;
proof spirit.
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Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
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map: the English civil war
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map: the English civil war
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