Alcoholic Beverages
An alcoholic beverage is one containing more than 2.5 ° of alcohol, specifically ethanol or ethyl alcohol, which is a central nervous system depressant that systematically and progressively numbs the functions of the brain, such as coordination, memory and language. These types of drinks can be classified according to their form of production or their alcoholic graduation. But to get deeper into the subject, it is necessary to know the definition and origin of this concept: What is alcoholic graduation? It is the number usually found in one of the lower corners of the container label where it is marketed. In some cases it is expressed as a percentage and, in others, as GL degrees. However, in both cases it represents the same thing. The acronym GL describes the initials of Gay Lussac. It represents the name of the French chemist and physicist Louis Joseph Gay Lussac, who lived during the second half of the eighteenth century and part of the nineteenth. He made numerous contr...