Alcoholic beverage
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An alcoholic beverage is any drink that contains alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are typically divided into three classes: beers, wines, and spirits; with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. Th
A selection of alcoholic drinks (from left to right): red wine, malt whisky, lager, sparkling wine, lager, cherry liqueur and red wine
The Carmona Wine Urn contains the world's oldest surviving wine (1st century AD).
Schlenkerla Rauchbier, a traditional smoked beer, being poured from a cask into a beer glass
Glasses of red and white wine
Alcohol (drug)
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Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is the active ingredient in alcoholic drinks such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, dec
Alcoholic beverage
…An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink or strong drink) is any drink that contains alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are typically divided into three classes: beers, wines, and spirits; with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. The exact…
A group of merry, dancing invalids discarding their medicines in favour of alcohol as a cure. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1827, after T. Lane.
One of the signs of a severe hangover is a headache
Tranquillizers, sleeping pills, opiates, and alcohol. Opioid-related deaths often involve alcohol.
Lucas test: negative (left) with ethanol and positive with t-butanol.