Am 04.10.2011 14:11, schrieb Le_Forgeron:
> Le 04/10/2011 13:27, Invisible a écrit :
>> On 04/10/2011 12:25 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Not many people can drink straight spirits unless they are used to it.
>>
>> Used to it? Heck, I don't even know what the definition of "spirit"
>> actually *is*...
>
> can you trust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_beverages
>
> spirit : no added sugar, at least 20% alcohol by volume
> (that is at least 20° for the europeans, and if you want °proof... it

Those "degrees Gay-Lussac" are not a European thing, but (from what I 
gather) rather a French/Iberian (and also Latin-American) specialty; in 
Germany, for instance, it's straightforward "20% Vol." (or in common 
parlance just "20%"), and talking about "degrees" in conjunction with 
alcoholic beverages (especially wine) would probably prompt confusion 
with the Oechsle scale.

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