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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%.
Add the incursions by craft breweries, which made national brands seem hopelessly dull to many, and the return of hard liquorâbeer dropped from 56% of alcohol consumed in 1999 to 48% in 2014âand it made for a depressing picture for mainstream giants like Miller Lite.