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Old January 16, 2011, 06:13 PM
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Me parece que en EEUU es igual. No se encuentra licores mas fuerte que one hundred proof (50%) En EEUU, en general, se vende licor de 80 o 86 proof.

Segun lo que vi en Mexico en general se vende licor de 40% (80 proof).
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Old January 16, 2011, 06:34 PM
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Antes se vendía "alcohol puro de caña", que era de 96ºGL, como material de curación, pero lo prohibieron porque se ingería y causaba daño hepático a gran escala. Ahora sólo se permiten licores de menos de 50% para consumo humano y el alcohol para curación es "desnaturalizado" (le agregan sustancias no ingeribles para hacerlo tóxico y de mal sabor y que no se use para beber).
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Old January 17, 2011, 03:31 AM
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el alcohol para curación es "desnaturalizado" (le agregan sustancias no ingeribles para hacerlo tóxico y de mal sabor y que no se use para beber).
=Methylated spirits, or 'meths'
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Old January 17, 2011, 04:24 AM
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Happy New Year! to you all.

Personally, I think whisky should be drunk neat (if it’s good, that is ). As Mr. Flynn from “A Quiet Man” once said: “When I drinks whisky, I drink whisky. When I drink water, I drink water” or words to that effect. But then he was an expert in the matter.

As far as I know
a) all spirits are distillates and therefore clear in colour.
b) The final colour of the drink is given by the cask.
c) The final flavour depends on: the cereal/grape, etc used, time spent in the cask, quality of water used, cask used, etc.
d) Some, if not all Scottish whisky is matured in sherry casks.
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Old January 17, 2011, 07:40 AM
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@Perikles: Thank you! It's added to my vocabulary now.


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Personally, I think whisky should be drunk neat (if it’s good, that is ).
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Old January 17, 2011, 09:20 AM
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La última que visité a Mexico, fui a un licorero y obervé que las tequilas
que vendaron llevaron 40% de alcohol. Aquí en EEUU las tequilas que exportan Mexico tienen 86 proof (43 por ciento). Imaginé que la razón para la diferencia en porcentage tuvo algo de veraís de medidas (o sea debil) de gobierno de Mexico para reducir el consumo de alcohol.
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La última vez que visité a Mexico, fui a un licorero una licorería y obervé que los tequilas
que vendaron vendían llevaron contenían/llevaban 40% de alcohol. Aquí en EEUU las los tequilas que exportan exporta Mexico tienen 86 proof (43 por ciento). Imaginé Imagino que la razón para la diferencia en el porcentaje tuvo tenía/tiene algo de veraís que ver con las de medidas (o sea débil) (sorry, I can't follow the comment between parentheses) del gobierno de México para reducir el consumo de alcohol.
Al gobierno Mexicano no le interesa disminuir el consumo de cualquier bebida alcohólica, sino el consumo del alcohol puro de caña, que causaba problemas de salud muy graves, sobre todo en la población que menos acceso tiene a los servicios médicos.
Y no creo que el gobierno mexicano influya en el contenido alcohólico del tequila. Son más bien los productores. Aquí he llegado a encontrar tequila de 47ºGL.

Por cierto, sé que en muchos lugares (el diccionario incluido) "tequila" es femenino, pero en México es masculino, y rara vez se usa en plural.
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