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78% or 78 degrees proof? They are different measures in different places. Slivovitz, for instance, is typically 70% alcohol. Proof spirit (100 proof) in the

78% or 78 degrees proof? They are different measures in different places. Slivovitz, for instance, is typically 70% alcohol. Proof spirit (100 proof) in the UK is 57.06% alcohol by volume, in the US and Australia it is 50%, in France Gay-Lussac defined proof degree and percent alcohol by volume to be the same. See https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-alcohol-measured-by-proof https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-alcohol-measured-by-...

danpad 2y ago
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kvgr 2y ago
Slivovitza and other fruit spirits go from 50 to 60 % usually. Depending how much you dilute it. Pure is higher, but it not nice to drink.
xdennis 2y ago
> 78% or 78 degrees proof? It's always percent ABV (alcohol by volume). As you can see in this table, typical values for rakia (rachiu in Romanian) are 40–86% ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume ). Degrees proof is a term originating in English tax law where the drink catching fire was deemed 100 proof. But it's only used in the US now.
biztos 2y ago
Yikes, where do they drink 70% Slivovitz? A fairly strong one is 42%, same with most other alcohols, even grappa. I’ve had 60% and it was distinctly unpleasant, felt like something you’d drink on a dare instead of for pleasure.
- mschuster91 2y ago
  > Yikes, where do they drink 70% Slivovitz? I'd be surprised if the stuff some of my relatives used to distill in Croatia would have less than that lol. In my experience virtually everyone from the Balkans knows someone who distills themselves or knows someone who does. In my alcohol closet there's like six distinct Slivos from all over South/Eastern Europe. Homemade, of course, and you absolutely do not want to drink more than 2cl... not because of possible methanol but because this stuff will absolutely get you wasted in no time at all.
  - biztos 2y ago
    Come to think of it, the worst hangover of my life was on Hvar. Where I usually go in the Balkans -- Vojvodina area, if that even counts as Balkan -- the homemade stuff isn't that much stronger than the store-bought. Probably a little, but you end up drinking half a liter of the stuff in a good night, so it can't be much over 40.

danpad 2y ago

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kvgr 2y ago

Slivovitza and other fruit spirits go from 50 to 60 % usually. Depending how much you dilute it. Pure is higher, but it not nice to drink.

xdennis 2y ago

> 78% or 78 degrees proof? It's always percent ABV (alcohol by volume). As you can see in this table, typical values for rakia (rachiu in Romanian) are 40–86% ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume ). Degrees proof is a term originating in English tax law where the drink catching fire was deemed 100 proof. But it's only used in the US now.

biztos 2y ago

Yikes, where do they drink 70% Slivovitz? A fairly strong one is 42%, same with most other alcohols, even grappa. I’ve had 60% and it was distinctly unpleasant, felt like something you’d drink on a dare instead of for pleasure.

mschuster91 2y ago
> Yikes, where do they drink 70% Slivovitz? I'd be surprised if the stuff some of my relatives used to distill in Croatia would have less than that lol. In my experience virtually everyone from the Balkans knows someone who distills themselves or knows someone who does. In my alcohol closet there's like six distinct Slivos from all over South/Eastern Europe. Homemade, of course, and you absolutely do not want to drink more than 2cl... not because of possible methanol but because this stuff will absolutely get you wasted in no time at all.
- biztos 2y ago
  Come to think of it, the worst hangover of my life was on Hvar. Where I usually go in the Balkans -- Vojvodina area, if that even counts as Balkan -- the homemade stuff isn't that much stronger than the store-bought. Probably a little, but you end up drinking half a liter of the stuff in a good night, so it can't be much over 40.