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List of alcoholic drinks

List of alcoholic drinks

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This is a list of alcoholic drinks. An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverages. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over one hundred countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption.[1] In particular, such laws specify the minimum age at which a person may legally buy or drink them. This minimum age varies between 15 and 21 years, depending upon the country and the type of drink. Most nations set it at 18 years of age.[1]

For a list of national alcoholic drinks by country, see List of national liquors.
Main article: Alcoholic drink
A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks

Drinks by raw material

For micro-organisms, see List of microorganisms used in food and beverage preparation and yeast in winemaking.

The names of some alcoholic drinks are determined by their raw material.

More information Grains, Name of fermented beverage ...

Alcoholic fermented drinks

See also: List of fermented drinks
Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale
A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S.
Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Desi daru from India

Distilled beverages

A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon
Various views of a bottle of mezcal. The "worm", which is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant, can be seen in the middle image, at the bottom of the bottle.
Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka

Definition

A distilled beverage, spirit drink, or liquor is an alcoholic drink containing ethanol that is produced by distillation (i.e., concentrating by distillation) of ethanol produced by means of fermenting grains, fruits, botanicals, vegetables, seeds, or roots.[4] Vodka, gin, baijiu, shōchū, soju, tequila, rum, whisky, brandy, and singani are examples of distilled drinks. Beer, wine, cider, sake, and huangjiu are examples of fermented drinks.

Hard liquor is used in North America, and India, to distinguish distilled drinks from undistilled ones, and to suggest that undistilled are implicitly weaker.

List of known liquors

The following are liquors being produced around the world (by type, then alphabetically):

Cane sugar/sugar beet/honey distillations

Fruit distillations

Grain-based distillations

Herbal distillations

Plant-based distillations

Seed or botanical distillations

Where the seed or botanical is the dominant flavorant:

Tree distillations

Vegetable distillations

Complex or multiple distillations

Liqueur

Main article: List of liqueurs

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Minimum Legal Age Limits". Iard.org. International Alliance for Responsible Drinking. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "winemaking: Red Raspberry Wine". Winemaking.jackkeller.net. Retrieved 5 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "muratina: A Kenyan alcoholic drink made from the dried fruit of sausage tree (Kigelia africana)". Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Distilled spirit - alcoholic beverage". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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