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08-22-2009, 12:47 AM

Distilled grain-based booze is very difficult to leave a noticeable breath.

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Originally Posted by SSJup81 View Post
Sake is pretty much a wine, so maybe not.
Sake is a distilled alcoholic beverage. Sake can't be wine when it is always distilled.

I find it very odd sometimes that distilled grain alcoholic beverage is considered wine in English-speaking countries. Strange, way too strange.

Technically there are three alcoholic beverages that can be consider as "wine" by minimal definition:

1. doburoku (Japanese)
2. Makgeolli (Korea)
3. Choujiu (China)


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