Flashcards: Alcoholic drinks

Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent).

Traditional ginger beer is a naturally sweetened and carbonated, non alcoholic beverage.

Vana Tallinn (Estonian for Old Tallinn) is a dark brown and robust rum-based liqueur developed in the 1960s and produced by the Estonian company Liviko.

Happoshu (発泡酒 happōshu lit. "bubbling spirits"), or low-malt beer, is a tax category of Japanese liquor that most often refers to a beer-like beverage with less than 67% malt content.

Poitín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈpˠotʲiːn]), anglicized as potcheen or poteen (/ˈpʊtʃiːn/ PUUT-cheen), is a traditional Irish distilled beverage (40%–90% ABV).

A liqueur (US /lɪˈkɜːr/ or UK /lɪˈkjʊər/) is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has been flavored with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts and bottled with added sugar or other sweetener (such as high-fructose corn syrup).

Awamori (泡盛) is an alcoholic beverage indigenous to and unique to Okinawa, Japan.

Shōchū (焼酎) is a Japanese distilled beverage less than 45% alcohol by volume.

Krupnik (Polish), Krupnik (Belarusian) or Krupnikas (Lithuanian), is a traditional sweet alcoholic drink similar to a liqueur, based on grain spirit (usually vodka) and honey, popular in Poland and Lithuania.

Rumtopf (Danish: Romkrukke), which literally means rum pot, is a German and Danish dessert, traditionally eaten around Christmas.

Soju (Korean pronunciation: [sʰodʑu]; Hangul: 소주; hanja: 燒酒) is a distilled beverage containing ethanol and water.

A frozen alcoholic beverage is a blended iced beverage made with alcohol.

Pulque is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant.

Aperol is an Italian aperitif made of bitter orange, gentian, rhubarb, and cinchona among other ingredients.

Lihing is a type of Malaysian rice wine that originated from the state of Sabah.

An alcoholic drink, or alcoholic beverage, is a drink that contains a substantial amount of ethanol (informally called alcohol), a depressant which in low doses causes euphoria, reduced anxiety, and sociability and in higher doses causes intoxication (drunkenness), stupor and unconsciousness.

The Festival du Rhum Haiti (English: Haiti Rum Festival) is an international festival promoting rum and related alcoholic beverages organized by J'Organise; collaborated and held in the El Rancho Hotel in Pétionville, Haiti.

Vodka (Polish: wódka [ˈvutka], Russian: водка [ˈvotkə]) is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings.

Half and half refers to various beverages or liquid foods made of an equal-parts mixture of two substances, including dairy products, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks.