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List of alcoholic drinks

List of alcoholic drinks is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of alcoholic drinks rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of alcoholic drinks. An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol.

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Reference excerpt

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. 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.

Drinks by raw material

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

Alcoholic fermented drinks

Beer Ale Barleywine Bitter ale Brown ale Cask ale Mild ale Old ale Pale ale Scotch ale Porter (dark beer made from brown malt) Stout (strong Porter) Stock ale Fruit beer Lager Pale lager (also "dry beer", made with a slow acting yeast that ferments at a low temperature while being stored) Bock (strong lager) Maerzen/Oktoberfest Beer Pilsener (lighter lager brewed with partially malted barley) Schwarzbier (dark lager) Sahti (Finnish) Small beer (very low alcohol) Sur (made from rye) Wheat beer (or "Hefeweizen", made with wheat in addition to malted barley) Witbier ("White Beer", made with herbs or fruit instead of or in addition to hops) Cauim (made from cassava or maize) Cheongju (Korean, made from rice) Chicha (made from cassava, maize root, grape, apple or other fruits) Cider (made from apple juice or other fruit juice) Perry (made from pears) Plum jerkum (made from plums) Huangjiu (made from rice, millet, or wheat using a special starter culture of yeast, mold, and bacteria) Icariine liquor Kasiri (made from cassava) Kilju (made from sugar or honey) Kumis (Central Asia, traditionally made from horse milk but now primarily cow milk) Makgeolli (Korean, made from rice) Mead (made from honey) Nihamanchi (South America), also known as nijimanche (Ecuador and Peru) (made from cassava) Palm wine (made from the sap of various palm trees) Parakari (made from cassava) Pulque (originally made by the natives of Mexico, made from the sap of the maguey plant) Sake (made from polished rice) Sakurá (made from cassava) Sato Sonti Tapuy (Philippines, made from glutinous rice) Tepache Tiswin (made from corn or saguaro, a large cactus) Tonto Wine Coca wine Fortified wine Port Madeira Marsala Sherry Vermouth Vinsanto Fruit wine Table wine Sangria Sparkling wine Champagne

Distilled beverages

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

Cane sugar, sugar beet and honey distillations Arrack Cachaça Desi daru Horilka Rum Puncheon rum Rhum agricole (from French Caribbean islands) Tuzemák

Fruit distillations Apple distillations Applejack Fruit brandy distillations Pálenka - Slivovice, Hruškovice, Bezovice,.... Borovička - Juniper Calvados Lambig Eau-de-vie (French origin) Kirsch Rakia Schnapps - fruit brandy Medronho Date distillations Aragh Sagi Grape distillations Brandy Armagnac Cognac Metaxa Törkölypálinka Singani Pisco (Peru; Chile) Pear distillations Poire Williams Williamine - brand of Poire Williams made from Williamine pears Plum distillations Damassine Slivovitz Ţuică Raspberry distillations Chambord Himbeergeist

Grain-based distillations Barley distillations Gin ManX Spirit (United kingdom) London dry gin Whisky Irish whiskey Japanese whisky Scotch whisky, also known as Scottish whiskey, scotch maize-corn distillations American Whiskey Bourbon whiskey, also known as Kentucky whiskey, bourbon (United States) Tennessee whiskey Texas whiskey Canadian whisky Quinoa distillations American whiskey Oat distillations Whiskey American Whiskey Malt distillations Jenever Gin Damson gin Sloe gin (England) Rice distillations Awamori (Japan) Baijiu (China) Soju (Korea) Mirin (Japan) Shōchū (Japan) Langkau (Malaysia) Montoku (Malaysia) Rye distillations Horilka Rye Whiskey Sorghum distillations Baijiu, also known as Shaojiu (China) Maotai Kaoliang liquor, a sorghum liquor Wheat distillations Horilka Vodka Unspecified or multiple grain distillations Neutral grain spirit

Herbal distillations Absinthe Herbsaint Schnapps Geist

Plant-based distillations Agave distillations Mezcal Tequila

Seed or botanical distillations Where the seed or botanical is the dominant flavorant:

Anise distillations Absinthe Akvavit Arak Rakı Coconut flower distillations Arrack Gin Geist

Tree distillations Palm tree distillations Ogogoro (Nigeria) Birch tree distillations Freya Birch Spirit (Norway)

Vegetable distillations Potato distillations Akvavit Horilka Vodka

Complex or multiple distillations Mamajuana Poitín Shōchū Baijiu Soju

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Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of alcoholic drinks

In research: List of alcoholic drinks appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of alcoholic drinks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of alcoholic drinks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alcohol-related lists, Alcoholic beverages, Lists of drinks, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is List of alcoholic drinks in simple terms?

This is a list of alcoholic drinks. An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol.

Why does List of alcoholic drinks matter?

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