A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit

A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit is a drinkable liquid that has/consist of ethanol and is produced by distilling fermented fruit, grain, or vegetables. The term spirit deal with a distilled beverage that has no added sugar and at least 20% Alcohol by volume. Popular spirits include brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka and whiskey.

Liqueur

Liqueur – A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage that has been flavored with some type of fruit, herbs, nuts, spices, flowers or cream and finished off with added sugar. Usually sweet and not aged for long depending on what is being produced. Most often liqueurs have a lower alcohol content than spirits which ranges from 15%-30% alcohol by volume although it can consist of as much as 55% alcohol by volume.

These days, liqueurs are made worldwide and are served in numerous ways: by themselves, poured over ice, used with coffee, mixed with cream or used with other mixers to create cocktails. Certain liqueurs are prepared by infusing particular woods, fruits, or flowers in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar or other ingredients. Other liqueurs are distilled from aromatic or flavoring ingredients.

Cocktail

Cocktail- A cocktail is basically a mixed drink that is made up of two or more ingredients. Cocktails these days are usually made up of one or more types of liquor and one or more mixers. Popular mixers are fruits, fruit juices, soda, bitters, sugar, and ice.

Brandy

Brandy is a spirit created by distilling wine after the wine has been made by fermenting grapes. Brandy can also be created from fermented fruit, not just grapes. Brandy is usually an after-dinner drink and typically contains 35%-60% alcohol by volume.

Gin

Gin is a spirit whose primary flavor is taken from juniper berries. The two basic categories of gin today consist of distilled gin and compound gin. Distilled gin is traditional in its creation, by re-distilling a neutral spirit with juniper spirits and other botanicals. Compound gin is made by flavoring a neutral spirit and/or other ‘natural flavorings’ without re-distillation. Gin usually consist of 40% alcohol by volume.

Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic drink created from sugarcane by-products like molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. Afterwards, the clear liquid is usually aged in oak and other barrels. Light rums are most often used in cocktails, while golden and dark rums are fitting for drinking straight, or for cooking. The majority of the world’s rum production happens in and around the Caribbean and in several Central and South American countries.

Tequila

Tequila is a spirit primarily created using a Blue Agave plant in the area surrounding the city of Tequila. The red volcanic soil in the surrounding region is very appropriate to the growing of the blue agave. Tequila is usually produced at 38%-40% alcohol by volume.

Vodka

Vodka is distilled beverage that is almost always produced by a fermented substance such as grain, wheat, potato, rye, or grape. Vodka is exclusively composed of water and ethanol with possible traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is usually produced between 35%-50% alcohol by volume. Vodka is usually drunk straight up, and used in a cocktail or mixed drink.

Whiskey

Whiskey is a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain. In creating whiskey, different grains are used for different varieties, which include barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize. Afterwards, whiskey is aged in wooden barrel, generally made of white oak. Some whiskeys are blended (malt and grain), and vary in alcoholic content and quality.

Beer

Beer is produced by brewing and fermentation of starches, for the most part derived from cereal grains, usually malted barley and also wheat, maize (corn) and rice. Most beer is flavored with hops, which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative, although other flavorings such as herbs or fruit may at times be included. Beer is the world’s oldest and widely consumed alcoholic beverage. The two most commonly categorized beers are pale lagers and ale’s. Pale ale’s have very pale to golden color. Ale’s also vary from pale ale to a brown ale color. Most beers have an alcohol by volume content from 4%-6%.

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, usually produced through fermented grape juice. Grapes have a natural chemical balance that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients. Wine is created by fermenting crushed grapes using different types of yeast. In this process, the grapes come in contact with the natural yeast found on its skin. During the fermentation process, with a closely monitored amount of heat, the sugars and the yeast combined with carbon dioxide, transform into alcohol. The solids that are left after this process are then pressed to enhance color and flavor.