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Re: What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-08T00:08:41+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Mon May 08, 2017 12:08 am

Re: What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-08T00:02:27+00:00

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5871143/when-sailors-used-gunpowder-to-measure-the-strength-of-alcohol

Statistics: Posted by tealby — Mon May 08, 2017 12:02 am

Re: What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-07T23:55:16+00:00

Curmudgeon wrote:
US proof is double UK alcohol by volume.

eg 40% abv = 80 proof, 37% abv = 74 proof.

Yes, that's what I'd always believed too so I was surprised to read that the figures differed.

Allegedly.....

Statistics: Posted by packapoo — Sun May 07, 2017 11:55 pm

Re: What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-07T06:43:43+00:00

Proof was set up to see if a spirit when poured
on gunpowder would still light. This is because the Navy
used to store the Gin under lock and key with the powder.
If the gin spilt on the powder it could still be lit.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Sun May 07, 2017 6:43 am

Re: What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-07T00:23:11+00:00

US proof is double UK alcohol by volume.

eg 40% abv = 80 proof, 37% abv = 74 proof.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun May 07, 2017 12:23 am

What is 'Proof' as in spirits?

2017-05-06T22:16:10+00:00

Just read elsewhere that the measurement of 'proof' seems to have a different standard in UK as opposed to USA. Would that be correct? 57% UK/50% US.

(Always seemed to me that to talk proof as opposed to ABV simply set you out as a knob-jockey)

Statistics: Posted by packapoo — Sat May 06, 2017 10:16 pm