angels' share

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angels' share

  1. The portion of a wine, whiskey or other alcoholic spirit's volume that is lost to evaporation during aging, particularly while it matures in barrels (and evaporates through the porous wood).
    Synonym: angel's dram
    Coordinate term: devil's cut

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