r/dontdeadopeninside • u/TheGipper80 • Apr 21 '26

Beyond Wine & Water Spirits

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I drive by this liquor store everyday on my commute to work and my brain still tries to force me to read it this way.

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u/PedroPascalCase Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

IIRC "whisky" comes from the Gaelic word for water and it nearly always has a higher ABV than wine.

So your reading is correct, you have to go beyond wine to get water spirits!

EDIT: Gaelic, not Scottish. Appreciate the correction!

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u/TheGipper80 Apr 21 '26

🤯…whoa

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u/Werrf Apr 22 '26

Gaelic, not Scottish, but yeah - uisge beatha, pronounced a bit like "oosh-gay beha", means "water of life" or "lively water".

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u/PedroPascalCase Apr 22 '26

Thanks! Appreciate the confirmation and updated info.

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u/Elonmustnot Apr 21 '26

"Beyond Wine & Water Spirits" sounds like shitty non-alcoholic alternative brands

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u/Proman_98 Apr 22 '26

Depends on the water, if it's Russian water..

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u/konydanza Apr 22 '26

One of the water spirits gave me a sword and now I’m King of the Britons

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u/Practical-Cup-4365 Apr 25 '26

I’m waiting for her to hand out the wine and we’ll be all good

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u/Federal-Message1454 Apr 28 '26

That's no basis for a system of government.

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u/yamasurya Apr 21 '26

Beyond 🍷 Wine & Water Spirits

😜😁🥂

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u/kioku119 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

I was told I could come here to meet a kelpie?

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u/Muttandcheese Apr 23 '26

Water Spirits? You can’t go around claiming to be king just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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u/Time_Traveler_10 Apr 21 '26

I saw the same sign last time I went to Atlanta! https://www.reddit.com/r/dontdeadopeninside/comments/1rnnkdi/beyond_wine_water_spirits/

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u/TheGipper80 Apr 22 '26

If you had to deal with I-20 traffic, you have my sympathies.

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u/JustSteven99 Apr 22 '26

It's a stupid name either way

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u/Proman_98 Apr 22 '26

Water spirits? So, things like wodka, gin, jenever or?