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    What is the difference between liquors and spirits?

    Question #93738. Asked by author. (Mar 21 08 6:32 AM)


    star_gazer

    		Liquor is any non-brewed alcohol. Spirits are specific liquors that have flavors. Vodka, gin, tequila, triple sec, and rum are bases, not spirits. Sambucca (tastes like liquorish) and Creme de Cocao (tastes like chocolate) are two spirits.

    Originally, when the word came about in the 1920s, spirits meant all liquor. Today, bartenders use the word for this specific purpose.

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_liquor_and_spirits&alreadyAsked=1&rtitle=Difference_between_liquor_and_spirits

    Mar 21 08, 6:49 AM
    davejacobs

    		In the UK the term liquor is not used much, possibly because it is easily confused with a liqueur,usually a drink based on a spirit but with fruit or other flavouring.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqueur


    Mar 21 08, 7:22 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Beautiful website detailing the Bottle Typing/Diagnostic Shapes for Liquor/Spirits Bottles.

    [The author created this website as a Bureau of Land Management employee and continues to update and enhance the site in retirement. The website now has a permanent home courtesy of the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA).]

    http://www.sha.org/bottle/liquor.htm#Bottle%20Typing%20Organization%20and%20Structure%20block


    http://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm

    Mar 21 08, 9:04 AM

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