What is the type of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage?

5 answers

ethanol?
Would you like to go blind?

Main Entry: eth·a·nol
Pronunciation: 'e-th&-"nol, -"nOl, British also 'E-
Function: noun
Date: 1900
: a colorless volatile flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent; called also ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol

Sra
it's supposed to be a seven letter word with the fourth letter being "a". I thought ethanol fit..
It looks like ethanol is correct as the definition identifies it as the intoxicating agent in liquors.
OK, I'm getting mixed messages here. I'm going to go with ethanol unless I find a better solution.