Talk:Rakı

Name

I would rather expect this article to be at Rakı, as this is the correct Turkish spelling of the word. The current situation is the opposite -- Rakı redirects here. Any thoughts on that? --Yuzz 19:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

• A nice detail but still I am happy because they don't name Rakı as a non-Turkish drink and they don't claim that it is belong to another region. With respect, the noble member of the Kayı Tribe, Deliogul 16:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• I thought the same, especially given that the sounds of the two letters are so different. "Raku" would be a better transliteration. Scott.wheeler 21:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• "Raki" is the form found in English-language dictionaries.--Chris 05:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The word in English is raki, not rakia nor rakı1, 2, 3. This article clearly needs to be merged with rakia.Spyenson (talk) 13:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Weird. Two proposed moves, both turned out negative, but it was moved anyway? Who moved it, with what rationale, and where *is* that rationale? Any by the way, this is the English WP... so it's Raki and not Rakı. "The proper name" is not an argument if there's an English name for it. See a number of cities all over the world (Lisbon, Munich, Cologne, Mexico City). --jae (talk) 20:15, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no move. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 03:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

• Raki (alcoholic beverage) → Rakı … Rationale: 'Rakı' is the correct spelling and when used does not disambiguation in brackets. … copied from WP:RM page. — Gareth Hughes 21:06, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Oppose per WP:UE. It is poor form not to dot i's in English. -  AjaxSmack  00:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. I don't even know what the last character is in your proposal, but it's not on my keyboard. Raki has more than one use, and you can't just spell it incorrectly to get around disambiguation. Kafziel 12:43, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. Keep it simple. --Dhartung | Talk 11:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose - I'd suggest merging the stub Tsikoudia into Raki (alcoholic beverage), which seem to be local varieties of the same booze. If the alternative name for Rangi is taken care of in a dab message, there's no longer a need for a disambiguation page, and Raki (alcoholic beverage) can be moved to Raki, which seems to be the most familiar name for the beverage in English. --Benne ['bɛnə] _(talk) 16:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose Dotless 'i' is simply not recognised as a letter in English. Nobody notices whether the capital 'i' in Istanbul has a dot over either, for that matter. In English, it doesn't. Jacob Newton (talk) 10:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

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• I see that the reason for suggesting this change hasn't quite got through. There are few things called raki, so that is a disambiguation page. The Turkish drink is properly called Rakı, where the final, dotless ı is a separate letter in the Turkish alphabet. Talk about 'English' and 'incorrect' is rather nonsensical when this is a Turkish word. For instance, why is Bahá'í got accute accents in it? You do not need to have the letter on your keyboard, you can find the letter in the 'characters' section below the Wikipedia edit box. Searching presents no problems, as the new spelling would be linked from the Raki disambiguation, and the old name Raki (alcoholic beverage) is unlikely to be what anyone types into the search box anyway. — Gareth Hughes 22:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • That special characters box doesn't show up until you edit a page. It's not available on normal pages. The disambiguation page does its job, and changing the title won't make this article any easier to find. We should use English whenever possible. The guideline states: "Article titles should use the Latin alphabet, not any other alphabets or other writing systems such as syllabaries or Chinese characters. However, any non-Latin-alphabet native name should be given within the first line of the article (with a Latin-alphabet transliteration if the English name does not correspond to a transliteration of the native name). Also, a non-Latin-alphabet redirect could be created to link to the actual Latin-alphabet-titled article." Kafziel 22:17, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
    • You may then want to read up on Latin alphabet, because the Turkish alphabet is a derivative of it: Turkish was 'latinised'. The guideline you quoted specifies 'other alphabets or other writing systems such a syllabaries. Another example is Émilie du Châtelet. Under your reckoning she should be renamed Emilie du Chatelet — and I think there you may have the francophiles up in arms. Rakı is a Turkish word, which is not pronunced as an English word raki, the word in its correct spelling appears at the beginning of this article. The final letter is a letter of the Latin alphabet: Unicode puts it in the Latin block. Unless, of course, you mean to restrict us to ASCII. Wikipedia supports Unicode and allows us to use extended Latin alphabet letters where these letters are part of the proper name of the subject of the article, like Émilie. — Gareth Hughes 22:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Rakı may be a Turkish word but "raki" is an English word in that it appears in numerous spirits or liquor encyclopedias and bartending guides and is almost always spelled "raki," not rakı. WP:UE -  AjaxSmack  03:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Gareth, there are quite a few people on Wikipedia who do like to name articles using all sorts of obscure diacritics because they are "right". Remember that we are making an encyclopedia which should be useful and it is more logical that someone would type an "i" in their search engine. The correct name can be in the article introduction, but don't use weird characters in article names. --Dhartung | Talk 11:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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Denizz removal of Citations

Denizz Please explain why you find it necessary to remove the well researched and sourced neutral bibliographic citations that I added to the history section of the article? The history of Raki started well before the Ottoman period. Araku 14:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

This is not about the distillation method, you have interpreted that source to reach your own conclusions into saying that it was a precursor to Raki - that is original research.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Baristarim (talk • contribs) 14:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

Whats so hard to understand, Distillation is part of the process of making Raki, so it is very relevant to talk about the origins of distillation (albeit briefly) and the first mentions of Raki in the history section, The article is about “Raki (alcoholic beverage)” in general and not specifically “Turkish Raki” as several of the Turkish Wikipedians have implied. There is really no reason of removing at all for removing all the history info of Raki prior to the Ottoman period. The info is going back, (mosto of it) although slightly reworded as to avoid original research ;)Araku 20:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

So, GreekWarrior, is that you? :)) Listen, distillation is part of the process of making every single drink out there - it doesn't have a particular bearing on the drinks themselves; especially who might have invented distillation two thousand years ago belongs to Distillation. Baristarim 20:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

OK Ill remove the distillation references to their appropriate place but the rest of the article stays, PS GreekWarrior is not me I dont know wtf your talking about Araku 20:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Greek (cretan) raki has its own article. Albanian raki, which was very different from this one, had its own article and now has it again. Raki mentioned here is more similar to ouzo than these, we have a separate article for all of them, as they are distinct. I am now assuming that you did not do any original research and only wrote what is given in the references (maybe in a different way). Is that correct? Please remove any OR you might have made, if you made some. So the references are are not just about distillation but also about Raki, right? I am asking this because you were confused with that, you thought this was the right place to put info about distillation, which is wrong Imo. Also, for instance "(raqi or alcohol)" is not welcome, unless raqi means alcohol, in which case it is irrelevant. Furthermore, what ancient Greeks in the third century AD?

Writing references gives us a responsibility to avoid OR, and see whether they are reliable and relevant. We need to be careful. I'd appreciate it very much if you checked the references once more and made sure that they are about today's raki. Different stuff get different articles, see gyros, doner and shwarma, even though they are pretty close they have separate articles, as they are somewhat different, their differences was found notable by the editors. The references should not be about Cretan raki, either, which has a separate article, unless Cretan raki and this raki have the same history.

Last but not least, don't blame me with trolling. deniz^T_C 01:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

"Raka: the name was given to the product obtained from the first stage in distillation of grain spirit, directly frm the mash in the vat... Raka as a technical term appeared simultaneously with the production of vodka...The term raka has it's origins in the Arabic word araq (compare to Turkish raki, and Indonesian arak)". So what you were adding was about raka, which as a term has the same origins with some other drink called Raki. That is their only relation referenced by the book. "...In the Greek text of New Testament the Aramaic word raka or rakha is used to mean empty or foolish..." Unrelated, unrelated, unrelated, unrelated. No relation to Ancient Greeks, no relation to ancient Greeks, no relation to ancient Greeks. Do not call me a troll, I am not, I don't know about you. I am trying my best to assume good faith, and I will assume that you did not read the page well, because otherwise I would guess that you would have listened to me, and removed all OR. Good night deniz^T_C 09:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't have Forbes' book yet, please remove any OR. Raki is not rakia or rakha or raka, they all come from the Arabic word araq, and that is it. deniz^T_C 09:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 2

I think we should make one of the following two moves: either

"Raki (alcoholic beverage)" to "Rakı"

or two moves

"Raki -> "Raki (disambig)"         and         "Raki (alcoholic beverage)" -> "Raki"

The reason is to avoid too many redirects for the general audience of this article. See also Gareth Hughes' discussion above. Like he mentioned, WP:UE does not apply here; a modified Latin based alphabet is used in Turkish, just like it is used in German, English, and French. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject_France/Categorization for a list of France related categories, and then you can take a look at those categories to see the common usage of 'French characters'. Also see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Germany/Conventions#Alphabet) Deniz^T_C 04:43, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

In English language it is spelt "Raki" not "Rakı", "Rakı" is the kind of word you would find in a Turkish dictionary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kafetzou (talk • contribs) 13:50, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

How about the second suggestion, move the disambig page to Raki(disambig). Then move this page to "Raki", and a {{for}} on top and mention the disambig page? Now, wikireaders need to click once more to get to this article. This makes an extra load for the servers, as well. Most wikireaders would probably want to see this article when they type raki, not a disambig page. Deniz^T_C 01:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Balkan

Hi, how is the raki called in the yugoslavian lands? All "rakia"? Mallerd (talk) 17:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

It's called rakija.

New Pictures

That article definitely needs more up to date pictures of the New and Older Rakı bottles. Someone please help!! :)

Cheers! --Eae1983 (talk) 13:58, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

The Raki is ane Albania famous drink from antiquity Olsi Ilirjan (talk) 07:37, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Not an aperatif

The following is from the introductory paragraph:

Raki is a non-sweet, anise-flavored spirit popularly consumed in Turkey as an apéritif, in particular alongside seafood and mezze.

Rakı, as far as I know, is not an aperitif. Aperitif is appetizer. But rakı is consumed during the meal (preferably a protein rich meal) and never consumed as appetizer. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 13:44, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

In Yugoslavia, rakija was offered to the guests as an apertif and a welcoming gesture when they entered the house. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barababa (talk • contribs) 21:44, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Neutrality

I feel like this is biased toward Turkey, as if they invented the drink when it originally comes from Greece. It is said it is similar to Greek tsipouro, however tsikoudia is the name Greeks give to Raki. I'm not saying that the Turks are wrong, but I feel like this is a drink which native not to one specific nation, but to the land of the Balkans and Anatolia. Perhaps we could edit this article so that it includes segments specifying the regional types of Raki, naming it as a product of a geographical area and not one specific nation.

Limonns (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC).

Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān al azdi known as Geber in west who lived in Khorasan which was a Turkish and Persian city in the 8th century, invented distillation. As we know you can not make Rakı without distillation. Without a biased thinking, I think distilled beverages journey is from east to west and Rakı belongs to Turks more than Greeks.

Sadettin (talk) 14:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Destillation and rakija are quite different things, even if you can't have the latter without the former. Without any source stating that it was specifically invented in Turkey, the article should be changed to a more neutral POV. Also, it should be merged with the RAKIA article. Barababa (talk) 21:47, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, Raki indeed belongs to Turks. That's not a lie but a reality. Best regards. --Ozguroot (talk) 17:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Origin is Greek, article is entirely wrong.

Raki is predominately made from grape branch rachis and predates the Ottoman Turks. It has been distilled for at least 1,000 years and has an ancient origin.

This information should be verified and corrected.

The definition of Rachis from the dictionary:

ra·chis [rey-kis] noun, plural ra·chis·es, rach·i·des [rak-i-deez, rey-ki-] Show IPA . 1. Botany . a. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. b. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. c. any of various axial structures. 2. Ornithology . the part of the shaft of a feather bearing the web. See illus. under feather. 3. Anatomy , spinal column.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachis

http://www.bing.com/search?q=rachis%2C+greek — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.148.0.220 (talk) 16:33, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

This may be true (though I have my doubts), but you will need to find reliable sources for it. Just because 'rachis' sounds something like 'raki' proves nothing (cf. WP:OR). --Macrakis (talk) 17:02, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't know about Rachis, but since the word for grapes or berries in Ancient Greek is raks (ῥάξ) and Hesychius mentions raki/laki, I find it rather improbable that the etymology is Arabic. A drink made of grapes and sometimes of berries, having a striking resemblance to the word for those two... Lets be realistic. Which one sounds more probable? Fkitselis (talk) 14:36, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Sure they were drinking Greek rakı and eating Greek baklava with it while the Turks were living the Paleolithic age. :) --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 14:46, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Instead of making a joke about it, prove me wrong about raks, Hesychius and even the Ionic variant for 'grape, berry' ράγη (ragi). Personally, I doubt rakι was a invension of the last 500 years, especially when the greater region has some of the oldest alchohol distileries in history. Fkitselis (talk) 09:40, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Turkish revised history: A true departure from reality.

Almost any if not all dictionaries which have been used or produced by ethical universities / scholarly institutions recognized globally, will without dispute connect the word Raki (plural case) and Rakis (masculine form) and the alternate spelling in English Rachis to the Ancient Greek root, which is the word for 'spine' specifically used in reference to the fruited portion of the grape vine.

It is pathetic that that such wide spread emergence of illegitimate claims can gain limited acceptance when all written records pre-date and prove the opposite. Pickup up any scientific reference or simply look it up in the OED or Random House Dictionary.

Rachis is the scientific term used internationally in the science of wine-making and more widely in botany.

Rachis, or in this case the multiple Rachi, are the same main ingredient as described in the Greek (or Raki {plural form}, the alternate spelling from ancient Greek with the letter Kappa)

Also Distillation was invented by Alexandrian Greek alchemists in 100 BC. The Arab distillation tube from 800 or 900 AD CANNOT PRODUCE ALCOHOL Liquor and was identical to the example from 100 BC and the "ARAB" text from the diagram is actually written / copied in the original GREEK. Distillation methods were brought to Sicily (possibly by Greeks fleeing to Corinthian founded colonies that had treaties with Rome and distillation (of alcoholic liquor) is recorded in writing here for the first time in Salerno in 1200 AD.

It is a disgrace for our collective civilization to promote this kind of aggressive subversion of real world history and cultural heritage.

This Wikipedia article cannot substantiate any claims and is totally fraudulent and self-referencing. Anyone that wants to prove this can just pickup any science book on the topic or a reference dictionary as was suggested above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.112.51 (talk) 22:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Other uses

Rakomelo, that is Cinnamon with other spices and honey brandy concoctions, and called "Cinnamon liqueur" and made with Rakı or Tsipouro, are popular in parts of Greece. It is one of many cinnamon-infused liquors on the market. See Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and discussion therein.

These sources are all clear enough that this has something to do with Raki. Do you have a WP:RS that supports your negative? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:50, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Fireball Cinnamon Whisky

Could I solicit opinions of the relevance of cinnamon to raki? Rakomelo in the 'Other uses' section has several references but I do not see the relation of raki to Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. jmcw (talk) 21:54, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Better than opinions, we have sources and statements. Rakomelo, that is Cinnamon with other spices and honey brandy concoctions, and called "Cinnamon liqueur" and made with Rakı or Tsipouro, are popular in parts of Greece. Cinnamon is becoming popular, and these versions were a precursor to this.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:46, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, 7&6=thirteen but I quite agree that rakomelo belongs here. I wish for opinions on the relevance and due proportion of cinnamon and 'Fireball Cinnamon Whisky'. Would you have a RS for cinnamon whiskey and raki? jmcw (talk) 23:26, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Etymology

The etymology presented is really far fetched. Rakı is made on grape (Homeric Greek raks) and is mentioned by the ancient lexicographer Hesychius <λάκη>· ῥάκη, Κρῆτες Laki, the raki (as called by the) Cretans (r ~ l sound change). I think the araq ('sweating' being the original name of the drink in Arabic) is some kind of folk etymology. Fkitselis (talk) 12:11, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikisource is not a reliable source, and I think you're misreading the entry anyway. It simply says that λάκη is a Cretan variant, and has nothing to do with Hesychius. Serious dictionaries like Babiniotis and Andriotis agree that it comes from Arabic via Turkish. --Macrakis (talk) 16:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikisource may not be reliable, but I think it is wrong to dismiss it as "unreliable" when you can simply check Hesychius work directly on a printed book. Now I would like to know where Babiniotis mentions that. If I am not mistaken, those dictionaries mention the name in Turkish and Arabic, not that the word ultimately derives from araq, right? Regards Fkitselis (talk) 09:46, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Also regardess the origin of the name, my point is that the drink has been around since antiquity (at least during Hesychius time). Also, about the etymology it is at least worth noting the word raks, being the name for the main ingredient of rakι. Fkitselis (talk) 09:52, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Ok, now I saw Babiniotis etymology. Although I respect it, I have my doubts that raks is unrelated, due to the way wanderworts can transform across languages. Anyway, we stick to that. Fkitselis (talk) 10:22, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Another word to mention is the Aeolic ἀράκη meaning bowl or pan used as a saucepan for boiling liquids. As you can see the source is from Lidell-Scott-Jones dictionary, quoting Atheneus, one of our main primary sources on cooking and symposic traditions. Fkitselis (talk) 10:45, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a place for etymological speculation. There are many words in many languages that sound like words in other languages. We rely on reliable sources rather than arguing from first principles. I'm pretty sure that Babiniotis and Andriotis were aware of the ancient words you cite and didn't connect them to ρακί for good reason.

You also say that "the drink has been around since antiquity". Really? I'm not aware of any evidence of distilled alcohol before about the 12th century AD. --Macrakis (talk) 22:17, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

I have checked it up. I do not disagree. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Fkitselis (talk) 08:34, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Huge misconception

Firt of all I want to make clear that I have not any clue about the origin of raki and that is actually Greek. This is another discussion that is has nothing to do with my raised issue. The Turkish raki is not the same with Greek raki or tsikoudia . The same Greek drink is Tsipouro. Please let me elaborate my arguments. First of all they have the same name and that is confusing but does not proves nothing. Second, the turkish raki is made after multiple distilations exactly like tsipouro. This is the most distinctive difference that separates the Greek tsikoudia/raki from Greek tsipouro within the same country; Greece. In Greece no one confounds tsikoudia/raki with tsipouro (btw the name tsikoudia is found in west Crete and raki in East Crete but is the same drink within Crete). Tsipouro is more close to ouzo but different also with it (different process and resources - organic alcohol used etc). Third argument is that Turkish raki and Greek tsipouro use anise. One more distinctive ingredient that makes them the same drink. Greek tsikoudia/raki has NEVER anise! You cannot find nowhere in Crete or any regional variation of tsikoudia/raki anise. Tsipouro is made mostly with anise but large quantities of the drink is made with out anise as well. Like turkish raki which also made ONLY with anise. Literaly Turkish raki is the same as the Greek tsipouro that has anise. Fourth argument is that tsipouro and Turkish raki produced by MULTIPLE distillations (ussually two and anise is added on the second). Greek raki/tsikoudia is mainly made after ONE distilation. That gives it a sharper taste than tsipouro and turkish raki. That is the reason of different glass use per drink. Here comes the fifth argument. The Greek tsipouro and the Turkish raki use the SAME type of glass(tall small diameter). The same type of glass doesnt matter so much in front of the volume. You dont want to drink the strong Greek tsikoudia/raki in so large quantity. Furthermore, abouth this argument, the turkish raki and tsipouro are drinkable slowly on this glass usualy with meze. For Greek tsikoudia/raki this is not always the case.In most cases it is served after the meal on a SHOTglass. Greek tsikoudia/raki is digestif. Turkish raki and tsipouro are aperitif. Sixth argument why tsipouro is the same as turkish raki is the water addition. Water can be dilluted on them. This is never happen for tsikoudia. Some people dillute water in tsipouro in order to create a milder taste which is also causes the distinctive grey foggy colour after anise. Water is not added to tsikoudia and you cannot add water to an almost filled shotglass. Water will not change the colour of tsikoudia as well. Ice cubes is NEVER used with tsikoudia drink also. For tsipouro and Turkish raki it is very common. On the other hand tsikoudia is served usually ice chilled right out of the freezer. Finally I want to add that I believe that tsikoudia is closer to grappa, which no anise is used as well. All in all I propose the greek language link to change from Ρακί to Τσίπουρο along with the corresponding changes on the text. refs [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Vagr7 (talk) 13:33, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Note. When I tried to change the link it says that the greek article should be deleted or merged first. How do I fix that? One more thing that cannot be proven is that I have tried tsipouro, yeni raki, cretan tsikoudia and italian grappa. I believe tsipouro and yeni raki is the same while grappa is almost the same with greek-cretan raki/tsikoudia. Vagr7 (talk) 13:33, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal

Isn't Rakı and Rakia the same drink? Why are there two articles one with the Turkish and one with the Albanian name? Antondimak (talk) 18:06, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Oppose Rakı is not a fruit brandy. Rakia is. There are many other differences between them. 73.206.73.84 (talk) 00:07, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Oppose - I'm no expert, but on reading the articles more closely, it seems they're two different things in most cases. Raki is usually made from grapes (pomace) while Rakia is made from fruit. There's a paragraph, albeit unreferenced, explaining this at the end of the Overview section of the Rakia article:

Greek ouzo (from grape) and tsipouro (from pomace), Turkish rakı (from sun dried grapes) and arak at Arabic and Middle Eastern countries differ from rakia as they are redistilled with some herbs (commonly anise). Some tsipouro in Greece is made without anise in the same manner as pomace rakia (or pomace brandy). "Boğma raki" in Turkey (common name of the domestic raki which is produced at homes and villages) is similar to rakia in the Balkans.

See also the separate discussion on the Rakia talk page about this merger proposal. - Meticulo (talk) 23:05, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Yeni Rakı ingredients (history?) need a clarification

Early in the article it is implied that this is (was?) made of molasses. Later on it says explicitly 'raisins', on a bottle (as can be seen on the picture alongside the article) it says 'grape and anise seed'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.59.207 (talk) 17:22, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Dubious

In the Etymology section there is a claim that the word comes from 'perspiration', which is meant to refer to the condensation on the outside of a cold glass. I find this quite unlikely, and the two sources cited aren't great - one cannot be verified online, and the other is hardly authoritative. If it said that perspiration refers to the condensation of the distillate coming out of a still, that to me would seem more credible, but even then I'd like to see a WP:RELIABLE citation. DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:52, 17 June 2018 (UTC)