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Alcohol proof is a measure of the content of ethanol (alcohol) in an alcoholic beverage. The term was originally used in the United Kingdom and was equal to about 1.75 times the alcohol by volume (ABV). The UK now uses the ABV standard instead of alcohol proof. In the United States, alcohol proof is defined as twice the percentage of ABV.
A liquor is any alcoholic beverage that is produced by distillation. Many liquors, such as whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, and tequila list the alcohol content of the product in terms of a its proof. The proof is a scale used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquor. The scale goes from 1 to 200. In the United States, the actual alcohol content, by volume, is half of whatever the proof number reads, so that a 200 proof liquor is 100% alcohol and a 100 proof liquor is 50% alcohol by volume. In other words, the proof is exactly twice the percentage of alcohol that the liquor contains. A liquor that is 200 proof, by this scale, is considered an absolute alcohol and a 100 proof liquor is ...