[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

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Micha:
> Since the Y-mi. There is a machloqes as to whether one says "borei peri
> hagafen" (or maybe the word is "hagefen" in their nusach) or is allowed
> to make qiddush on undiluted wine. So the definition of yayin includes
> the need for dilution to be drinkable.»

Just FYI
A somailer at a koserh restaurant taught me the following
Wine until several hundred years ago was unpalatable w/o m'ziga and a
"somalier" was a professional who properly diluted it. Now - bottled
wine is pre-diluted. And afaik the few tippos mayyim added to the wine
would not create hametz in the case of matzah ashira - though AIUI that
IS the cheshash of Ashkenazim.

YaSh is AISI the same now as wine used to be IE W/O water it's
unpalatable. Forget about Passover! Drinking 190 proof grain alcohol
straight would require no brachah!

If one diluted it using water down to 80-100 proof it would ne "normal"
vodka

190 proof is designed to be used medicinally or added to other beverages
such as fruit juices.

IMHO the dilution to make a beverage palatable is NOT a taaroves at all
as per the posqim I've listed

Diluting it more, might be different of course.

ZP
RRW
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