In the handbook ‘BarSmarts Advanced’ By David Wondrich, Paul Pacult, and Dale DeGroff, the term ‘Spirits’ has been associated with Aristotle. Of Course, the similarity in sound and spelling could have led to confusion about the origin of the word. The method is quite similar to how people distilled liquids.Īlcohol was defined as a spirit distilled from other substances when it first showed up in the 16th century. The product was created using sublimation. The word ‘Al-Kohl’ means eyeliner that is made up of stibnite. While the other word ‘Al-Kohl’ is pretty reasonable too. The first option, al-ghawl means ‘spirit’ in the literal sense and it is even defined in the Islamic religious book ‘Quran’ as a spirit that diffuses wine with its intoxicating effects. There is a debate concerning the word ‘Spirit’ whether the term comes from ‘al-ghawl’ or ‘Al-Kohl’. While others believe that the ‘Alcohol’ originated from the Middle East. Many believe that the term goes all the way to the 4th CE BC. While the true origin of the word ‘spirit’ is quite a mystery, one thing is for sure that it goes long back to history. So how on earth does the word come from meaning something so holy to something so intoxicating? Well, just like the other things in the world of liquor, it is also quite complicated and there are multiple theories behind it.
Spirit by Merriam Webster is defined as ‘the liquid that contains water and ethanol and is distilled from an alcoholic liquid’. Spirit is defined as ‘strong distilled liquor such as whiskey, brandy, gin, vodka, or rum’ by Oxford Dictionary. So, how does this divergent term come to be associated with something liquor? When it comes to beverages, the common synonym of ‘alcohol’ is ‘spirit’.
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