Talk:Arak (drink)

message: Are absinth and arak anyway related?
211.30.108.59 04:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See the arrack article for further information. Arabs had distillation and dissemenated it through trade, hence the name rather stuck for any distilled beverage.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:36, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Aren't these nations predominately islamic? Doesn't islam forbit the consumption of alcohol?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.253.36.46 (talk) 11:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you are absolutely correct. Hence, many are "Good Catholics" and go to religious service and shirk where it is a human thing to do. Welcome to the REAL world, where OBSERVANCE is variable in matters of religion. Or politics. Or even weather preference.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The region had 1000 years of Ottoman rule, and the Ottomans were generally more relaxed and tolerant on religious matters. Not to mention the region was formerly more ethnically and religiously diverse. Ottomans drank and smoked, and there are even depictions of Mohammed in Ottoman art. In a way, Islam is going through the equivalent of a Reformation right now - let's not forget early Protestants were very extreme, even violent, fundamentalists.Gymnophoria (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Arak and Islam

message: The article says arak comes from '"Arabic araq عرق" meaning sweat. Is that accurate? Moriori 09:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid so. Delicious, no? --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 21:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Remind me never to try it. ):- Moriori 21:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure that the name arak is the same as sweat, the same word may have two meanings, one of them could be sweat.. not sure though, trying it shouldn't depend on the name :-P Charbelgereige 23:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hi, Arak is a same word, but has two meanings. The drink and the sweat. We sometimes joke about that in Lebanon. Cheers
All the more for me... --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 09:25, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

text:  Is it still necessary to keep the 'clean-up' tag? I'm considering removing it, any one disagree? Charbelgereige 12:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

text: OK, real simple, you'll sweat when drinking a volume of it, over 100 proof. It's also INTENSE. It's also, TYPICALLY, sweet. It's also a GREAT anise extract for cooking.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:39, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sweet or sweat?

message: There seems to be a bit ot contoversy about where this drink actually came from, Zahle or Syria or Both.... Can anyone in the know correct these bits (or just remove them) --Dean Earley 10:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: References? Let me guess, you're Lebanese. If you don't have credible references, don't make up things. The simple fact is that it's the main traditional alcoholic beverage in both countries and it's been so for a very long time. Trying to go deeper than this fact makes it a silly political debate. Cheers to all Lebanese and Syrian Wikipedians :) 72.188.156.220 (talk) 01:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Syria/Lebanon 

message: Since it's made iin Arab countries...and they are Islamic countries...don't you see the connection? Islam forbides any consumption of alcohol and yet it is produced in countries which claim to implement Sharia Law.  It is Legal or illegal? LOTRrules (talk) 18:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not all arab countries implement Sharia Law and alcohol is legal there in most arab countries. traditionally it is prepared by Christians but there is no rule about that. --Histolo2 (talk) 20:50, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd hazard that if Christians didn't make it, :gasp: Jews would. Don't buy into the hysteria of Sharia law and Islam. People are people, regardless of WHERE in the world you meet them. My best drinking buddy when I was deployed was a rather devout, otherwise, Saudi man.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

text: I've heard some Muslims allow alcoholic beverages that are made from anything which is neither grape nor grain.  You would have to check that, though. . Like the people above said, Sharia isn't enforced in all Arab/majority Muslim countries. People are people.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.104.164.29 (talk) 05:39, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: legal?

message: These both speak about virtually the same beverage with arab/persian origins. It would be best to try to incorporate the points in the latter (referring specifically to South Asian 'Arrack' with this one. My two cents. 90.219.104.1 (talk) 00:16, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging 'Arak' with 'Arrack' 

message: Its an arabic name, so that should be the only translation. Other languages are not relevant. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've also been quite a few nations that are NOT native Arabic speakers who drink the same arak, but have very little else in common with Arabic culture, foods, drinks or much else.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:45, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: This source  is about the Government of Palestine, not Israel. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 09:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source 

message: The lede currently includes this partial-paragraph:
Given that we have a hat saying "not to be confused with arrack, this seems to be just taking it right back into confusion. I submit that we just say somthing like "a similar term, arrack applies to a variety of East Asian liquors made from coconut palm, or rice."  Objections? MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:22, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: JUST enough Arrack in the lede, to dispurse confusion of the literate reader. We cannot do much for either the semi-illiterate or the inexperienced in the vast numbers of similar sounding beverages, save to point them at the Arrack article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.121.53 (talk) 05:47, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Matthew. It's quite clear from the pressence of the hatnote, and the other three mentions in the text, that the similarly named Indonesian drink is covered at the arrack article. This article is specifically about the anise-flavored, grape-based distilled liquor common in the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia. Not to mention the utterly unencyclopedic nature of quoting a price. I have removed it. And the IP is acting in an extremely uncivil and insulting manner by questioning the literacy of anyone who can clearly see that the addition made the issue more, not less, confusing. Plus he can't spell disperse. oknazevad (talk) 05:59, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much [[arrack]] in lede 

message: In the history of this article, there seems to be some back and forth between labeling things as "Palestine" vs. "Israel". I have reverted the last several submissions because they (a) removed "Israel" from a list of countries without providing a reason, and (b) replaced "Israel" with "Occupied Palestine" in another location where the reference clearly cited Israel. However, I know that in the past these revisions have gone the other way, as per the "Source" discussion on this page. I think we need to be vigilant in checking these revisions and making sure that changes are not inflammatory or incorrect in either direction. Metromoxie (talk) 22:45, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palestine vs. Israel labeling 

message: I'm going to remove the part where they talk about a case of methanol poisoning because the source was actually talking about an Asian Arrack (or Arrak as has been discussed before) from Bali, it has nothing to do with Middle-Eastern Arak.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RamiTounsi (talk • contribs) 22:52, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy part 

message: The current image is a bit blurry and hard to see.mI happen to have three bottles of Kewar 53, which is a stronger arak that also has black text so it should be easier to see. I can also give it a better background. Anyone object? Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 25 Shevat 5775 18:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replace Kewar image with a better one 

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message: The "industrial" or "moonshine" origin has nothing to do with concentration. A two-stage distillation of ethanol solution, when performed in a simple still, allows concentration of alcohol up to about 60%. A distillation column allows the achievement of alcohol-water azeotrope of about 95%. It applies both in a home and industrial process. Morycm (talk) 02:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
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