United States
A rectified spirit that is commonly available in the United States is Everclear, bottled by Luxco. Everclear is available in both a 95% ABV (190 US proof) version and in a version diluted to 75.5% ABV (151 US proof), although some states have banned the 190-proof variety.
A brand of rectified spirit labeled as Spirytus Stawski is imported from Poland to the United States by Stawski Imports of Chicago, Illinois. One can also purchase (at least in the Chicago area) imported rectified spirit with the Polmos label. Both brands are available in a 96% ABV (192 US proof) version and in a version diluted to 76% ABV (152 US proof).(citation needed)
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“I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)