adjective

• Containing more alcohol than proof spirit does.

  ‘overproof rum’

  More example sentences

  • ‘If you don't need the alcoholic kick of an overproof rum, this one - with its clean mellow fruited taste - makes an ideal drink: straight over ice, for cocktails and with a mixer.’
  • ‘The best part of weathering a storm in Carriacou is the sedating Jack Iron overproof rum.’
  • ‘The locals tend to drink white overproof rums and it is well worth joining them.’
  • ‘I loved the howling winds and horizontal sleet, especially once I'd reached the Station Hotel in Prahran when they made their own overproof beers.’
  • ‘Beware the free sample described as ‘slightly overproof’: it'll clear your sinuses, perhaps permanently.’