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SPIRITUEUX DISTILLE 40 AL/VOL [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
OBS

Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol, or "grain alcohol," is in an alcoholic beverage. The proof number is twice the percentage of the alcohol content measured by volume, at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. Therefore "80 degrees proof" is 40% alcohol by volume, and most of the other 60% is water. If you mix 180 proof whiskey half-and-half with water, your drink is 90 proof. US Federal regulation (CFR 27 5.37 Alcohol Content).

OBS

The expression "80 proof" is the American approved system that alcohol is sold. It is based on a scale of 1 to 200. The alcohol content is ½ the proof, i.e. 80 proof is 40% alcohol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)

Spanish

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