https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Aqua_vitae 2026-05-14T10:43:40Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Aqua_vitae&diff=32846&oldid=prev 2007-06-08T02:58:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:58, 8 June 2007</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Aqua Vitae''' was the [[period]] term for simple distilled [[liquor]] such as [[whiskey]] or grain [[alcohol]]. It was typically used for [[medicine|medicinal purposes]], but could be consumed as a recreational beverage. Being of enormously high alcohol content (as high as forty-percent) it was best consumed in small doses.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Aqua Vitae''' was the [[period]] term for simple distilled [[liquor]] such as [[whiskey]] or grain [[alcohol]]. It was typically used for [[medicine|medicinal purposes]], but could be consumed as a recreational <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[drink|</ins>beverage<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. Being of enormously high alcohol content (as high as forty-percent) it was best consumed in small doses.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aqua Vitae is [[Latin]] for ''water of life'', which is comparable to the Gaelic roots of the word <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>whiskey<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, "''ou-skye''", which also translates as ''water of life''.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Aqua Vitae is [[Latin]] for ''water of life'', which is comparable to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Gaelic<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins> roots of the word whiskey, "''ou-skye''", which also translates as ''water of life''.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Kingdom of Ealdormere]], "Aqua Vitae" is typically used as a synonym for ''Jagermeister'', the brand name of a flavourful blend of grain alcohol and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">herbs</del> held in high esteem by certain [[SCAdian]]s.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the [[Kingdom of Ealdormere]], "Aqua Vitae" is typically used as a synonym for ''Jagermeister'', the brand name of a flavourful blend of grain alcohol and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[herb]]s</ins> held in high esteem by certain [[SCAdian]]s.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[category:alcohol]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[category:alcohol]]</div></td> </tr> </table>

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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Aqua Vitae&#039;&#039;&#039; was the [[period]] term for simple distilled [[liquor]] such as [[whiskey]] or grain [[alcohol]]. It was typically used for [[medicine|medicinal purposes]], but could be consumed as a recreational beverage. Being of enormously high alcohol content (as high as forty-percent) it was best consumed in small doses.<br /> <br /> Aqua Vitae is [[Latin]] for &#039;&#039;water of life&#039;&#039;, which is comparable to the Gaelic roots of the word [[whiskey]], &quot;&#039;&#039;ou-skye&#039;&#039;&quot;, which also translates as &#039;&#039;water of life&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> In the [[Kingdom of Ealdormere]], &quot;Aqua Vitae&quot; is typically used as a synonym for &#039;&#039;Jagermeister&#039;&#039;, the brand name of a flavourful blend of grain alcohol and herbs held in high esteem by certain [[SCAdian]]s.<br /> <br /> [[category:alcohol]]</div>

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