Talk:Alcohol by volume

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[edit] Citations

any citations for the fruit juice figure? Where did you get 60% for whisky or even rum for that matter? Wouldn't it be more correct to say 40 - 60 or more (for the cask strength whisky). Anyway, ordinary blended whisky is usually just 42%. Regards. Popytrewq 19:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

This edit [1] seems to have oversimplified. I will undo it. Notinasnaid 20:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Windsors?

'Windsors' redirects to the House of Windsor page, which has no disambiguation, no other uses, and no mention of alcoholic beverage. Unless the average member of the royal family of Great Britain contains 10-15% alcohol (severe alcoholism, maybe?), this should probably redirect elsewhere. I honestly don't know what 'windsors' means in this context, so I can't do it myself. -71.41.220.149 23:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed history and found out that 'windsors' used to be 'wine' until 02:56, 12 May 2007 version. I have edited it back. --X nishi 00:58, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How is it measured? =

I came to this article hoping to see an explanation of how ABV is actually measured, considering that alcohol and water when mixed together don't yield a volume equal to the sum of the parts. For example, if you mix 50 ml of alcohol with 50 ml of water, you get somewhat less than 100 ml of liquid. In this case, the ABV is clearly 50% (because there are equal parts water and alcohol) but it seems to me that the calculation wouldn't be as straightforward for other percentages.

Anyway, it would be useful to see an explanation of just how ABV is measured. -Amatulic (talk) 21:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)