Sentence examples for proof liquor from inspiring English sources

"Ziveli!" [cheers], a giant hand slaps me warmly on the back, momentarily distracting me from the scorch of a shot of clear plum sliva (the 49% proof liquor).

Alcohol use was measured in daily standard drinks (i.e., 12 oz beer, 5 oz glass of wine, and 1.5 oz of 80 proof liquor), while illicit drug use is measured as frequency of daily use.

shot of 100-proof spirits or 1.5 ounces of 80 proof liquor is the same.

Try using either rubbing alcohol or 80 or 101 proof liquor.

However, since hard liquor is a very concentrated source of alcohol, it may be beneficial to be conservative and consider that slightly less than 1.5oz of 80 proof liquor (between 1.2 and 1.3oz) actually provides 0.5oz of pure alcohol.

Tuthilltown Spirits, in Ulster County, makes Hudson New York Corn Whiskey, a 92-proof liquor.

One shot (1.25 oz). of 80-proof liquor (40percentt alcohol) =.50 oz.

Fire and sewer officials were called because of the flammability of the 80-proof liquor, he said.

Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy has been popular in Maine for decades, but the 60-proof liquor is scarce beyond northern New England.

Exhausted by their long-distance retreat from Nationalist forces, Mao's guerrillas used the town's bracing 144-proof liquor to disinfect wounds, tame diarrhea and take the edge off their jangled nerves.

A hundred years ago, as Okrent notes, average consumption of alcohol per adult was about 32 fifths of 80-proof liquor a year, or 520 12-ounce bottles of beer.