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  2. Alcohol proof - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol proof (usually termed simply "proof" in relation to a beverage) is a measure of the content of ethanol (alcohol) in an alcoholic beverage. The term was originally used in England and from 1816 was equal to about 1.75 times the percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV).

  3. Molotov cocktail - Wikipedia

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    A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see § Etymology) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick). In use, the fuse attached to the container is lit and the weapon ...

  4. From Nashville to Paris, Zero-Proof Bottle Shops Cater to the ...

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    “With a great bottle of alcoholic wine, price isn’t an issue.” Her wines, priced between $40 and $70, attract customers eager to rediscover the experience of wine without the alcohol.

  5. History of alcoholic drinks - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] This is approximately the time when barley beer and grape wine were beginning to be made in the Middle East. Evidence of alcoholic beverages has also been found dating from 5400 to 5000 BC in Hajji Firuz Tepe in Iran, [10] 3150 BC in ancient Egypt, [11] 3000 BC in Babylon, [12] 2000 BC in pre-Hispanic Mexico [12] and 1500 BC in Sudan. [13]

  6. Porron - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell described a porrón in Homage to Catalonia: [5] …and drank out of a dreadful thing called a porron. A porron is a sort of glass bottle with a pointed spout from which a thin jet of wine spurts out whenever you tip it up; you can thus drink from a distance, without touching it with your lips, and it can be passed from hand to hand.

  7. Glass onion - Wikipedia

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    Digby's technique produced wine bottles which were stronger and more stable than most of their day, and protected the contents from light due to their green or brown translucent, rather than clear transparent, color. [2] These early bottles, usually referred to as "shaft and globe" bottles, evolved into the onion bottle shape by the 1670s.

  8. Havana Club - Wikipedia

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    Máximo Extra Añejo: A luxury aged rum retailing for over $1,000 a bottle, with only 1,000 bottles released. [37] Packaged in a hand-blown glass bottle. [38] Selección de Maestros: A relaunch of the 45% ABV (90 proof) "Cuban Barrel Proof" grade, [39] Selección de Maestros ("Selections of masters") has performed well at spirit ratings ...

  9. History of wine - Wikipedia

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    To offset the effects of heavy alcohol-consumption, wine was frequently watered down at a ratio of four or five parts water to one of wine. One medieval application of wine was the use of snake-stones (banded agate resembling the figural rings on a snake ) dissolved in wine as a remedy for snake bites, which shows an early understanding of the ...