Flame spreading over liquid ethanol has been experimentally characterized for ethanol for subflash temperatures, in two different channels. Three different spreading regimes have been observed. A uniform region (with flame velocities close to 10 cm/s) appears for values of the initial surface liquid temperature \(\)above a critical value \(\). For values \(\) an oscillatory regime occurs. For very low temperatures, \(\) , a new uniform regime appears with slow propagation velocities (close to 1 cm/s). The critical point \(\) has been described as a Hopf bifurcation, while \(\)resembles a homoclinic connection.