The awe with which man has regarded this natural process finds spontaneous expression in the fact that the animating essence produced by fermentation is identified in language with the essence of human life, both being designated by the term “spirit.”
J.P. Arnold
1933
Not to be technical, but according to chemistry alcoholic beverages are solutions, but alcohol is not. It is a molecule.
okay so it’s part of a solution. and if you’re not part of a solution, your part of the precipitate
A class of organic molecules. 
This is the first real chuckle I’ve had all day! 
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit beer.
Pumpkin is a fruit too, so why aren’t the pumpkin beers in the fruit beer category? Actually they usually include fruit and spice so they should go in the Category 23 Other (or “Specialty”).