Radiator Fluid Alcohol containing isopropyl alcohol sometimes consumed when money for beverage alcohol cannot be obtained.

Retching Vomiting produced by excessive drinking without eating.

Real Ale Cask and bottle conditioned beers with no added carbon dioxide.

Rectified Spirits Term used to describe purified spirits.

Rectify Process by which a natural spirit is changed by redistillation or by adding colour, flavourings, etc.

Redalevn Whiskey-based liqueur sold by Manchester United Football Club.

Red Biddy Slang term for cheap red wine fortified by methylated spirits.

Reducing Term used to describe the lowering of the alcoholic strength of a spirit by the addition of water.

Red Wine Any wine with red colouring obtained from the pigment in the grape skins by natural extraction.

Rehabilitation Process of recovery from an alcohol problem. May include attendance at A.A. meetings, counselling and/or admission to a "dry house".

Rehoboam Large wine bottle with capacity of six ordinary bottles.

Relapse Denotes return to heavy drinking.

Relate Service that provides support and counselling regarding marital difficulties. Previously known as the Marriage Guidance Council.

Repeal The end of prohibition in the U.S.A. (5th. Dec. 1933).

Residential Licence Licence issued to residential establishment to permit sale of alcohol to residents.

Restaurant Licence Licence issued to an establishment to permit sale of alcohol with a meal.

Retsina Greek wine flavoured / preserved with aleppo pine resin.

Reisling White wine produced in Germany, France and Hungary.

RO 15 4513 Prototype drug that reverses some of the effects of alcohol intoxication. Rosé Term used to describe pink wines.

Robertson, Ian Co- Author of the book "Problem Drinking"

Robinson, Jancis Author of the book "The Demon Drink"

Rot Gut Slang term for cheap spirits.

Round Drinks bought for those in drinking company.

Rub-a-dub Cockney rhyming slang for a pub.

Rubbing Alcohol Isopropyl alcohol used externally for medicinal purposes. Sometimes resorted to by destitute alcoholics.

Rum Spirits made molasses. May be clear (as with Cuban and Puerto Rican rum) or coloured with caramel (as with Jamaican and Martinique rum).

Rum Fit Slang term for delirium tremens.

Rumbullion Liquor made from rum and molasses.

Rumfustian Popular drink in England and colonies during eighteenth century. Made by pouring well-beaten eggs into beer, stirring, adding gin, and then adding boiling sherry.

Rummy U.S.A. slang term for heavy drinker who drinks rum.

Rummy Nose Red nose associated with chronic, heavy drinking.

Rye Whiskey U.S.A. whiskey distilled from grain and containing at least 51 percent rye.