Sunday, February 8, 2009

Alcohonic and non-alcohonic beverages


An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, usually known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of an alcohol includes many other compounds. Alcoholic beverages, such as wine, beer, and liquor have been division of human culture and development for 8,000 years.

Non-alcoholic beverages are drinks that would usually contain alcohol, such as beer and wine but are made with less than .5 percent alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines.

  • Non-alcoholic variants:
    • Low alcohol beer
    • Non-alcoholic wine
    • Sparkling cider


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