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A mixture of ethyl alcohol and water actually boils at a lower temperature than either pure ethanol or pure water (the word for this is azeotrope). This is why you don't see liquors higher than 190 proof; that's essentially the maximum possible ethanol concentration you can get from distillation. It is possible to get 200 proof/100% ethanol ("absolute alcohol" in chemistry jargon) but it requires a more complicated and expensive procedure than ordinary distillation. If the starting material of the distillation was more than 95% ethanol then ethanol will remain; if it was less then water will remain.

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