Sponsored Topics. Machesney Park is a village located in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,499 at the 2010 census, up from 20,759 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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At first glance proof's definition makes no sense. It seems needlessly complicated. Proof is the government documentation of a distilled beverage's alcohol content. In the United States if you cut the number in half and you get you get the actual amount of alcohol in the bottle. Eighty proof means 40 percent of the liquid in the bottle is alcohol. Why use proof when you could simply state 40 percent on the bottle? Proof started because of buyer beware. It began here during our 18th century whiskey trade.