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[oskinny1]

Is beer considered a liquor? To me they have always been two separate things, but then someone told me different parts of the world consider them to be the same.

[Dev]

It depends where you go, but I think the word "liquor" means high alcohol beverage.

Some parts of the U.S. call any beer 5% alc or more "malt liquor".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_liquor

[Chris_Dixon]

Liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation, so beer is not a liquor...

Its usually understood as spirits in my experience

[VanIslander]

where i grew up you could only buy beer at a liquor store

and i never heard anyone trying to make the distinction let alone treat liquor and beer as different

but it explains the late '80s "beer and wine" stores that popped up in my hometown

[beercanman]

I think Chris is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_beverage

A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit is a drinkable liquid containing ethanol that is produced by means of distilling fermented grain, fruit, or vegetables.[1] This excludes undistilled fermented beverages such as beer and wine.

The term hard liquor is often used to distinguish distilled beverages from (implicitly weaker) undistilled ones.

Beer and wine are limited to a maximum alcohol content of about 15% ABV (Alcohol by volume), as most yeasts cannot reproduce when the concentration of alcohol is above this level; consequently, fermentation ceases at that point.

etc..

[oskinny1]

That is what I thought, but some punk 21 year old and some Boer both said they were the same, so I thought maybe it was a regional thing.

The punk kid said I was a bad teacher for not knowing this.

[andrewchon]

I hope you don't HAVE TO teach that punk, since
he sounds like he doesn't want to learn, from anyone.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

In Alberta they were more separate before privatization, but now I see liquor stores and beer stores both selling everything. When I was in Belgium, liquor stores sold only spirits, and I remember hearing a tourist argue with the shopkeeper that there was no beer!

For many people, I think liquor and booze are words which describe everything, but technically beer is not liquor. "Liquor, then beer, you're in the clear; beer, then liquor, never been sicker."

[UknowsI]

[Moldy Rutabaga]

[UknowsI]

In my home country you can buy beer and wine when you're 18 and hard liquor when you're 20. When KGB (and similar drinks) first came they were classified as hard liquor, but then after 2 years or something they got reclassified to the same category as beer. So I guess we're not the only people who are a little confused. But now it's simply anything 22% or less is 18 years and anything above is 20 years. (Which I think is a very good rule)

[Moldy Rutabaga]

[NovaKart]

Bai jiu, it smells and tastes horrible. Lots of Chinese men love it though.

What country are you from uknows? I thought USA was the only country with an alcohol age limit that was older than 18. I mean besides some Muslims countries where it's totally banned.

[UknowsI]

I'm from northern Europe...

I think the idea to divide it into two age groups for strong and weak alcohol is very good. Young people are not going to get silly wasted drinking beer, and it makes them a bit more experienced to alcohol before they start drinking the hard liquor. They can still get quite drunk on alco-pop, but it's so expensive so it discourage most from drinking a lot of it.

[beercanman]