Why are soft drinks called soft drinks?

So the other day, I go to my mom,

Why are soft drinks called soft drinks?

“I don’t know,” she says.

So I go look in the encyclopedia

And whaddya know, there’s

This little blurb that says:

“soft drinks are called soft drinks to distinguish

them from hard liquor such as beer and wine.

And that, my friends is the answer to the

Universe’s most pondered question,

“why are soft drinks called soft drinks?”