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  "path": "/articles/overproof-spirits-explained/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T12:30:18.000Z",
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    "Ask a Distiller: What Does it Mean When a Spirit Is ‘Overproof’?",
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  "textContent": "It’s not a secret that spirits can pack a punch. In the United States, in order for something to be labeled as such, it must be bottled at a minimum 40 percent alcohol by volume, but that doesn’t mean every distiller sticks to the category requisite. Gins typically arrive in the 40 to 47 percent ABV range, still-strength tequilas (generally 46 to 55 percent ABV) have been rapidly gaining favor, and whiskeys can arrive bottled-in-bond at 50 percent ABV or at even higher proofs.\n\nThe article Ask a Distiller: What Does it Mean When a Spirit Is ‘Overproof’? appeared first on VinePair.",
  "title": "Ask a Distiller: What Does it Mean When a Spirit Is ‘Overproof’?"
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