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Liquor /dry spirit

A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit is a drinkable liquid containing ethanol that is produced by means of distilling fermented grain, fruit, or vegetables. This excludes undistilled fermented beverages such as beer and wine. The term spirit generally refers to a distilled beverage that contains no added sugar and has at least 35% alcohol by volume. Popular spirits include absinthe, baijiu, brandy, gin, grappa, rum, tequila, vodka, whisky, and German Schnaps. Distilled beverages that are bottled with added sugar and added flavorings, such as Grand Marnier, Frangelico, and American schnapps, are liqueurs. Fortified wines are created by adding a distilled beverage to a wine. source:en.wikipedia.com pic by: alibaba.com

Kinds of Liquor/Dry Spirit;

Gin
Vodka
Rum
Whiskey
Brandy
Tequila(others spirits).

(See the "alcoholic drinks structure" in this site for more detail)

Liquor/Dry Spirit content;

1. GIN

Gin is an unaged liquor made by distilling grains such as barley, corn or rye. Its bouquet comes from juniper berries, coriander, herbs and spices, usually added to the grain mash during distillation. The gin is stored in glass, earthenware or stainless steel containers, but does not mature in these. The storage time serves only to harmonize the product. (bartending.com)

Nutrition Facts :

Serving size: 1 fl oz

Other serving sizes: 1 liter; 1.5 fl oz jigger; 100g

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition source: USDA SR-13.

2. VODKA

Vodka is a clear, colorless, unaged liquor. Today`s vodka is usually made from grain, primarily barley and wheat, and occationally from rye. It was originally made in Russia from potato
Examples:
- Smirnoff Vodka
- Absolut Vodka
- Stolichnaya

3. RUM

Rum is A liquor distilled from fermented sugarcane juice or molasses. Most of the world's rum comes from the Caribbean. Puerto Rico's white or silver rum is clear and light in body and flavor. The Puerto Rican golden and amber rums have a deeper color and a flavor to match. Dark, rich and full-bodied best describes Jamaican and Cuban rums. The sugarcane that grows along Guyana's Demerara River produces the darkest, strongest and richest of all, Demerara rum.

4. WHISKEY

Irish whiskey (Irish: Fuisce or Uisce beatha) is a whiskey made in Ireland. There are several types of whiskey common to Ireland:

Single Malt, Single Grain, Pure Pot Still and Blended Whiskey.

The word whiskey is an Anglicisation of the ancient Gaelic term "uisce beatha" which translates as "water of life". (The Craythur is a modern Irish term for whiskey, from "the creature", as in "created"...^[1])
At one time, all whisky was spelled without the extra "e", as "whisky". In around 1870, the reputation of Scottish whisky was very poor as Scottish distilleries flooded the market with cheaper spirits produced using the Coffey still. The Irish and American distilleries adopted the spelling "whiskey", with the extra "e", to distinguish their higher quality product.^[2] Today, the spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for whiskies distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia, and Japan, while whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States.

Although it was similar to Scotch whisky in many ways — principally in that it was distilled primarily from barley — traditional Irish whiskey was distilled from a mash of mixed malted and unmalted grains (referred to as "pure pot-still" whiskey, see below) whereas Scotch is either distilled exclusively from malted grain (hence "single malt") or from unmalted grain (which is generally then mixed with malt whisky to create "blended whisky"). Today, most Irish whiskey is blended from a mixture of pot still whiskey and cheaper grain whiskey. Bushmills, however, is an exception in that it produces no Irish-style pot-still whiskey. (source:en.wikipedia).

5. BRANDY

Brandy, The word came from Holland "brandewijn" (burn wine). Brandy made from distillation the juice of Wine. There many fruits can be produce to be a Brandy, for the

Example:
Apricot Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Plum, Apple& etc. The county popular produced of brandy is Cognac, Armagnac - France.

Brandy From Distillation Of Apple:

Brandy can also be made from fermented fruit (i.e., other than grapes) and from pomace. Pomace and fruit brandies are generally drunk unaged and are usually not coloured. Pomace (ultimately from Latin pomum 'apple') or marc is the solid remains of olives, grapes, or other fruit after pressing for juice or oil. It is essentially the pulp, peel, seeds and stalks of the fruit after the oil, water, or other liquid has been pressed out.

Grape pomace has traditionally been used to produce grape seed oil, a practice that continues to this day in small amounts, and Pomace brandy, such as grappa. Today, pomace is most commonly used as fodder or fertilizer. Another pomace by-product is the natural red dye and food coloring agent oenocyanin. However, some companies are also recovering tartrates (cream of tartar) as well as grape polyphenols.

Armagnaq Codes;

VS [Very Special] " XXX " = at least one year old

VSOP [Very Superior Old Pale] or Réserve = at least four years old

XO, Napoléon, Extra, Vieille Réserve = at least five years old.

Hors d'âge = at least ten years old

6.TEQUILA

Tequila is made out of juice from the agave plant mixed with previously fermented agave juice (pulque), fermented for about two and a half days. This mix is then double distilled, producing a clear white tequila.

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