Talk:Liquor

message: A recent edit claims that "boo" is a singular form of the colloquial term "booze." Is there anyone who can support this statement? I've only ever heard booze used as a collective noun with no separate plural and singular, to describe the class of alcoholic beverages. Kardonius (talk) 09:46, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Nomenclature, singular term of booze

message: I've edited this entry to change the following. I document it here because there's no room to document it on the main page:
1. The history of distillation is partly given under "Background" and partly under "History". It's confusing.
:So why not consolidate instead of eliminate. Rmhermen 01:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The sake article disagrees with you. Rmhermen 01:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Except that it doesn't mena wheat. It means wheat and rye and barley and oats, etc. Rmhermen 01:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Huh? Rmhermen 01:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

text: The earliest evidence of distillation of alcohol is from around 1100 CE.R.J. Forbes A Short History of the Art of Distillation Brill, 1970. I remember having read that the Romans didn't even know of, or at least didn't practice distillation (though I'm sorry to say I am unable to find my source for this at the moment), and there is certainly no evidence that they distilled alcohol. 2001:700:300:1021:9B1:921A:79CF:4AE1 (talk) 18:14, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Old

message: What is the purpose in filtering alcohol through charcoal/ashes?
Moonshine that isnt filtered through charcoal/ashes is called pop-skull liquor (According to 'The fox fire' book) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.168.21.138 (talk • contribs) .
:It removes impurities, just like filtering water through a Britta filter. In fact you can filter cheap Vodka through a Britta filter a number of times and greatly improve its quality and taste. -- Stbalbach 19:47, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is inappropriately noted in the Brita article itself.  I came here from there to point this out.  I added one section of text to point there.  See my note at Talk:Brita Hopefully someone will step in and clean this up further. MaxEnt 20:21, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charcoal filtering final product 

message: All liqueur enthusiasts, please vote here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qi (spirit).  Thank you,  Badagnani 07:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion vote

message: Liquor doesn't need to be a "alcoholic" beverage, right?
See how it is used here:https://www.tea-junction.com/product.aspx?id=459&c=Green%20Tea&cid=585
:True, but then this is an encyclopedia not a dictionary, for other meanings see :wikt:liquor. -- Stbalbach 15:30, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The word "liquor" 

message: Help! In that big "box" at the bottom of the page, it lists cider and apfelwine as apple-based "distilled" alcoholic drinks. This is obviously untrue, as both are simply fermented, not distilled. How does one edit that box? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.180.4.31 (talk) 01:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cider and Apfelwine "distilled" !? 

message: The problem with the sub-sections is they break the section up into a regional history, which it is not. It is a global/world history that discusses the innovations that were new, in a roughly chronological order. They just happen to fall along some regional lines, which I suppose one could "forge" sections out of, but that takes away from the narrative and flow and intention of the section. It's not that long that it needs sectioning. -- Stbalbach 23:55, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem with not having sub-section is that the major breakthroughs are buried among a variety of lesser improvements. This breakthrough is definitely the invention of the alembic still as we know it (perhaps already with cooled collector which may be also a later European invention) by the Arabs in the 8th/9th century. This still spread then to Europe and China, and only THEN only do modern liquid appear. If you feel that there is another way of giving prominence to some facts than with geographic subsections, then please go ahead. Regards Gun Powder Ma 14:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gun Powder Ma, I wrote it originally back in Jan 2005 and sure enough I did use three sections, but the source I used did not use sections (I really need to footnote it sometime, didn't use footnotes back then). I guess I'll let it go and keep the sections, no big deal either way, I'm kind of leery of sectioning for the sake of sectioning because it distracts and distorts but if you think it helps emphasis thats fine. -- Stbalbach 23:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You wrote that? I found the text verbatim and with the subsections included somewhere in the web. I would still prefer subsections, but I bow to your expertise. ;-) Perhaps you can add your references as footnotes. Regards Gun Powder Ma 23:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wrote most of it . If you found it on the web it was copied from Wikipedia. -- Stbalbach 22:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and subsections 

message: George Liquor is a fairly obscure, web-only character that was part of a short-lived project. Basically, I'm trying to say, almost no one knows what that even is..... so why should there be a redirection from Distilled Liquor (a large, broad, and fairly well-sourced article)  to an article that's been tagged for over a year for having unreliable sources for a cartoon character?
I mean, if it were a popular cartoon character, I could understand, but this character would only be known to serious fans of an obscure cartoon creator (John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren & Stimpy). 
I almost feel like this redirect gives it undeserved, and completely unrelated exposure, and thus leads people away from this article to a really strange article, for something that almost no one knows anything about (beyond the dozen or so 2-minute web cartoons).
Basically, if people even KNOW what George Liquor is and they want more information on it, chances are they're going to search for the character by names ("George Liquor" is not at all a difficult series of English language words to type into the search box.)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.238.197 (talk • contribs) 
:It's presumably there because there aren't enough links to warrant a Liquor disambiguation  page, and only that page and would warrant linking from it.  Seems like a fairly standard otheruses link, placed here when the old disambig page at Liquor was blown away per the disambiguation guidelines that call for at least three links to be present. Note that the only "redirect" involved is the redirection of Liquor here. MrZaiustalk 12:03, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Liquor redirection 

message: See Talk:List of liqueurs, and comment there if you wish. Badagnani (talk) 02:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removals of references from [[List of liqueurs]] 

message: I removed the following from history.
The first evidence of distillation comes from Babylonia and dates from the 2nd millennium B.C. Specially shaped clay pots were used to extract small amounts of distilled alcohol through natural cooling for use in perfumes. By the 3rd century A.D., alchemists in Alexandria, Egypt, may have used an early form of distillation to produce alcohol for sublimation or for colouring metal.
the tag is 2 and a half years old, and contradicts the common understanding of the origins of distillation.Broad Wall (talk) 02:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: history

message: The redirect of "liquor" to "distilled beverage" seems to represent a US-centric interpretation of the word,   which has a diversity of meanings in the English language.  "Liquor" can mean any alcoholic beverage, including wine and beer as well as "hard liquor".   If "Liquor" means exclusively distilled beverages,  then why would the adjectival qualification "hard liquor" ever be necessary ?Eregli bob (talk) 05:35, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Wiktionary doesn't agree with your definition:  Rmhermen (talk) 14:22, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  The answer to User:Eregli bob's question is that many people, particularly neo-prohibitionists, define "liquor" to mean anything that is liquid and contains alcohol, even low-alcohol beer. And that is why the term "hard liquor" is necessary — so that others will know what one is talking about.  This is a necessary precondition for any kind of discourse. Wahrmund (talk) 15:56, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Tincture & Liquor are solutions with alcohol and water, "pot liquor" and Chocolate liquor are water solutions. Distinguish between technical usage and colloquial usage. Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 08:46, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

text:  Tincture & Liquor at merriam-webster.com see medical usage.Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 11:45, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liquor is a separate topic 

message: Some material sourced to Wired was just removed. I checked and the source does not support the material. Maybe something could be salvaged from this? Kendall-K1 (talk) 13:32, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artificial aging 

message: I feel renaming was a mistake. 'Liquor' in this sense is largely American usage, so there are WP:GLOBALIZE issues. British people would never describe whisky or vodka as 'liquor' since 'spirit' is the standard term, and there is no concept of a 'liquor store' there. I don't know about other parts of the anglophone world but I suspect British usage is more common there, as the US has a pretty unique alcohol culture derived from the wrangling over prohibition. --Ef80 (talk) 14:12, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem with naming the article "spirit" is that "spirit" has a more common meaning in English. The benefit of "liquor" is that it really only has one primary meaning. This article is also supposed to be written in American English, so the title being at the more American name rather than the more British name is appropriate. It's also more consistent with similar article titles such as liquor license, liquor store, and List of national liquors. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:55, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article rename 

message: Can someone please create a table to compare vodka, whisky, brandy, rakia, slivovitz, mezcal, pisco, etc.? I assume some dimensions would be alcohol content, region of origin, fruit used, cocktails it supports? --Cryout 17:32, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Call to the experts - comparison table please! 

message: The "History" section states that Taddeo Alderotti wrote down the method for fractional distillation in code. Does anyone have a reference for this? I am unable to find anything about this supposed code elsewhere.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1810:483F:4500:5853:FA91:E014:A248 (talk) 21:16, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taddeo Alderotti's code 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :ליקר. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 25#ליקר until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Hog Farm  Bacon 00:25, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "ליקר" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: There seems to be some general historical information in this section regarding when different nations began distilling and a blurb about fractional distilling. Are these things somehow specific to wine in a way that's not apparent to me? I think it should be clarified or moved.
Andythechef (talk) 22:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distillation of Wine section 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. Per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 01:55, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Liquor →  – The template on the article says to use American English, but terminology of title isn't American, and is ambiguous. "Liquor" in parts of the US, and in Canada, also has a broader sense of "any alcoholic drink", as described in the lede. "Hard liquor" (which currently redirects to "Liquor") is unambiguous American English for the distilled alcoholic drinks that are the topic of the article, and the term seems unlikely to confuse anyone else. A title like "Distilled liquor" (also currently a redir to "Liquor") would be ever clearer globally, but I think it is a bit less commonly used in the US. Since I think policy permits us to take that sort of trade-off, I'd prefer "Distilled liquor": I think it would be most understandable to everyone, including non-native-speakers of English. Leaving "Liquor" as a redirect makes good sense to me. Opinions?
I'd note that some articles use "liquor" in the North American sense only, like Liquor license, and some use the "distilled" sense only, like Flavored liquor. This is fine. But some use it in both senses, like liquor store. It would be nice to have the main article very clear on its terminology to avoid confusion. HLHJ (talk) 23:04, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 November 2022 

message: Liquor comes up in the search yet when you do a find of "particlar country" in the edit field it does not appear. 2603:8000:D300:D0F:D0D3:D68B:850D:7FC4 (talk) 04:11, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't really tell what you are asking. The search commands often don't do well with misspelled words, so using 'particlar' instead of 'particular' may well result in finding nothing. But the context of the search is also relevant so you'll need to be more specific about what you are trying to do - which field on which screen? - for us to understand the problem and perhaps suggest solutions. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 04:38, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not know what you mean.2603:8000:D300:D0F:D0D3:D68B:850D:7FC4 (talk) 04:49, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  If you search on "particlar country"