List of alcoholic drinks

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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

This is a list of alcoholic drinks. An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains

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]

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.

Grains Name of
fermented beverage
 Name of distilled beverage
Barley beer, barley wine gin, Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, jenever (Central Europe), ginebra (Spain, Argentina, Philippines), shōchū (mugijōchū) (Japan), soju (Korea), baijiu (China)
Buckwheat buckwheat whisky (Brittany), shōchū (sobajōchū) (Japan)
Corn
tesguino
 bourbon whiskey, moonshine, also vodka (rare)
Millet millet beer (Sub-Saharan Africa), tongba (Nepal), boza (the Balkans, Turkey)
Rice
sonti, handia, and chuak (India), thwon
(Nepal)
rice baijiu (China), shōchū (komejōchū) and awamori (Japan), soju (Korea), hkaung rai (Myanmar), arrack (Indonesia), lao khao
(Thailand)
Rye rye beer, kvass rye whiskey, vodka (Russia), korn (Germany)
Sorghum burukutu (Nigeria), pito (Ghana), merisa (southern Sudan), bilibili (Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon) Maotai, Kaoliang liquor, certain other types of baijiu (China).
Wheat wheat beer horilka (Ukraine), vodka, wheat whiskey, weizenkorn (Germany), soju (Korea)
Fruit juice Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage
Apples
 cider (U.S.: "hard cider"), apfelwein
calvados, cider
Apricots
kajsijevača (Serbia), kaisieva rakia (Bulgaria), pálinka
(Hungary)
plantains
 chuoi hot (Vietnam), cauim (Kuna Indians of Panama), urgwagwa (Uganda, Rwanda), mbege (with millet malt; Tanzania), kasikisi (with sorghum malt; Democratic Republic of the Congo)
majmunovača
(Balkans)
Blueberries borovnica (Croatia)
Cashews feni (India)
Cherries cherry wine (Denmark) Kirsch (Germany, Switzerland)
Coconuts or palm palm wine
arrack, lambanog
(Sri Lanka, India, Philippines)
Gouqi
 gouqi jiu (China) gouqi jiu (China)
Ginger with sugar, ginger with raisins ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger wine
Grapes wine, Cachina (Perú)
arak (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan), törkölypálinka (Hungary), zivania
(Cyprus)
Juniper berries gin, jenever (Netherlands/Belgium), borovička (Slovakia)
Mulberries oghi (Armenia)
Myrica rubra yangmei jiu (China) yangmei jiu (China)
Pears perry, or pear cider; poiré (France) kruškovac (Croatia),
eau-de-vie (France), pálinka (Hungary), krushova rakia
/ krushevitsa (Bulgaria)
Pineapples tepache (Mexico), Pineapple Wine (Hawaii)
Plums
plum wine, plum jerkum
šljivovica (Balkans and Central Europe), slivovitz, țuică, umeshu (Japan), pálinka, slivova rakia / slivovitsa
(Bulgaria)
Pomace
pomace wine
arak
(Iran)
Pomegranates pomegranate wine (Armenia)
Quinces
dunjevača
(Serbia)
Raspberries raspberry wine[2] (US, Canada) Himbeergeist (Germany, Switzerland)
Sausage tree fruit muratina wine[3] (Kenya)
Flowers Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage
Madhuca longifolia mahudo and mahuda no daru (Gujarat), mahuva ki sharaab, madhvi, and tharra (Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh)
Vegetables Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage
Agave juice tequila, mezcal, raicilla, bacanora
Agave sap pulque
Cassava

Saliva-fermented beverages
:

  • cauim
  • masato
    .
  • kasiri (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • nihamanchi (South America) a.k.a. nijimanche (Ecuador and Peru)
  • parakari (Guyana)
  • sakurá (Brazil, Surinam)
 tiquira (Brazil)
Ginger root juice ginger beer (Botswana)
Potato potato beer horilka (Ukraine), vodka (Poland), Kartoffelschnaps (Germany), akvavit (Scandinavia), poitín (poteen) (Ireland), tuzemák (Czech Republic), brennivín (Iceland)
Sugarcane juice, or molasses basi, betsa-betsa (regional) rum (Caribbean), rhum agricole (Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe and the rest of the French Caribbean), clairin (Haiti), cachaça (Brazil), desi daru (India), aguardiente de caña (Spain), aguardiente, guaro, lavagallo, pinga (Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua), mamajuana (Dominican Republic), gongo and konyagi (Tanzania), cocoroco (Bolivia), caña (Argentina, Uruguay), espinillar (Uruguay), caña blanca (Paraguay), ginebra (Philippines)
Sweet potato
shōchū (imojōchū) (Japan), soju
(Korea)
Ti root okolehao (Hawai'i)
Other raw materials Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage
Sap of palm coyol wine (Central America), tembo (Sub-Saharan Africa), toddy (Indian subcontinent), namtanmao (Thailand)
Sap of Arenga pinnata, coconut, Borassus flabellifer palm wine, tubâ (Philippines), namtanmao (Thailand) arrack, lambanog (Philippines)
Honey mead, horilka (Ukraine), sima (Finland), tej (Ethiopia) medica (Croatia), distilled mead, honey-flavored liqueur
Milk kumis, kefir, blaand arkhi (Mongolia)
Sugar kilju (Finland) shōchū (kokutō shōchū): made from brown sugar (Japan) or rum
Walnuts orahovac (Croatia, Serbia)

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
  • Beer
    • 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)
    • 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)
  • Desi daru (made by fermenting molasses or high sugar containing fruits)
  • Huangjiu (made from rice, millet, or wheat using a special starter culture of yeast, mold, and bacteria)
  • Icariine liquor
  • Kasiri (made from cassava)
  • 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) a.k.a. 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

Distilled beverages

A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon
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

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

  • Palm tree
    distillations
    • Ogogoro
      (Nigeria)
  • Birch tree
    distillations

Vegetable distillations

Complex or multiple distillations

Liqueur

Main article:
List of liqueurs

See also

References

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


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