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The end product is a beverage that comprises more alcohol and is regarded as essentially âharderâ or stronger than undistilled beverages. Brandy, gin, vodka, tequila, whisky and rum are a few examples of hard liquor or spirits, with vodka having around 40% alcohol content and some types of brandy having as much as 60%.
From this practice, distillation of liquors came about. This is where the difference between alcohol and liquor becomes clear. Liquors, also called âspirits,â concentrate the alcohol in fermented fruits and grains through distillation. This is the reason why not all alcoholic beverages are classified as liquor.Beer, for example, is an alcoholic drink but is not liquor, per se, as it is produced through undistilled fermentation.thanol is the form of alcohol that is found in alcoholic drinks. This last category is where alcohol and liquor intersect. Drinking alcoholic beverages can be traced as far back as 10,000 BC or earlier. There are empirical evidences that men used vessels to ferment drinks from fruits.