"Art of the Drink" Flaming Zombie
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cool
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@Mydnytefantasy89 The origin of the proof scale was to determine whether a liquid was alcoholic enough to be taxable. The easiest way to test this was to try and burn it -- if it sustained the combustion of gunpowder the liquid was taxed as a spirituous liquor. This occurs at about 57% percent alcohol and above, so in the U.S. we rounded down and said that 50% ethanol constituted 100% proof of taxabilty.
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@NordicBarbarian Actually, 100% alcohol is 200 proof but you can't ever achieve that outside of a vacuum, as ethanol that is over about 96% pure will absorb water from the air and dilute itself back down to 193 proof.
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@Guitarstring187 While related to the percentage of alcohol, the alcohol proofability is another scale. Eg. Absolut wont burn since it's 80 proof, Stroh rum 80% will definetly burn since it is >100 proof. 100% alcohol is 175 proof.
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@Guitarstring187 cause proof isnt the precentage:P
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@Mydnytefantasy89 , The guy just explained that 100 Proof (or anything over) is the percentage of alcohol required for flammability. They just use that as a baseline for that scale.
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love how she shakes it
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badass intro my friend
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I prefer the Flaming Moes ;)
idk if anyone else hates the words proof. Cant we just say percent alcohol. Thats just me.
Guitarstring187 2 years ago 13
to make it look cool.
timg455 2 years ago 12