Flashcards: Distilled drinks

Pastis (French pronunciation: ​[pa.stis] ; UK /ˈpæstɪs/ or US /pæˈstiːs/) is an anise-flavoured spirit and apéritif from France, typically containing less than 100 g/l sugar and from 40–45% ABV (alcohol by volume).

Starka is a traditional dry vodka distilled from rye grain, currently produced only in Poland and Lithuania.

Grappa is an alcoholic beverage, a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35 to 60 percent alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof).

Baijiu (Chinese: 白酒; pinyin: báijiǔ), also known as shaojiu or archaically as sorghum wine, is a Chinese alcoholic beverage made from grain.

Metaxa (Greek: Μεταξά) is a Greek liqueur based on brandy blended with wine and flavorings.

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

A distilled beverage, spirit, liquor, hard liquor or hard alcohol is an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation of a mixture produced from alcoholic fermentation.

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.

Mezcal (or mescal) (/mɛsˈkæl/) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave plant native to Mexico.

Rakia or Rakija (pronounced rah-key-ya) is the collective term for fruit brandy popular in the Balkans.

Żubrówka [ʐuˈbrufka] , also known in English as Bison Grass Vodka, is a dry, herb-flavoured vodka that is distilled from rye and bottled at 40% alcohol by volume (80 US proof).

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

Arak or araq (Arabic: عرق‎‎) is a Levantine alcoholic spirit (~40–63% Alc. Vol./~80–126 proof, commonly 50% Alc. Vol./100 proof) in the anis drinks family.

Ouzo (Greek: ούζο, IPA: [ˈuzo]) is an anise-flavoured aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus.

Brännvin (or brændevin in Danish, brennevin in Norwegian, brennivín in Faroese and Icelandic and (palo)viina in Finnish) is the Swedish version of the general Scandinavian term for liquor distilled from potatoes, grain, or (formerly) wood cellulose; both of flavored and unflavored variants.

Arrack, also spelt arak, is a distilled alcoholic drink typically produced in South Asia and Southeast Asia, made from either the fermented sap of coconut flowers, sugarcane, grain (e.g. red rice) or fruit, depending upon the country of origin.

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.

Leblon Cachaça is a premium artisanal brand of the spirit cachaça (pronounced ka-SHA-sa) produced at the Destilaria Maison Leblon in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.

Absinthe (/ˈæbsɪnθ/ or /ˈæbsænθ/; French: [apsɛ̃t]) is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV / 90–148 U.S. proof) beverage.

Rakı is an unsweetened, anise-flavored alcoholic drink that is popular in Turkey, Greece, Iran, Turkic countries, and in the Balkan countries as an apéritif.

Sơn Tinh (Vietnamese pronunciation: /səːn tinɲ/) (meaning: "The spirit of the mountains" or "Mountain genie") is a Vietnamese brand of Rượu (Pronunciation: /ɹɨəu/ in south Vietnam, /ʐɨəu/ in the north), a Vietnamese variety of rice liquor.

McDowell's No.1 Celebration also known as Celebration Rum, is a rum manufactured by United Spirits Limited of India.

1,1-Diethoxyethane (acetaldehyde diethyl acetal) is a major flavoring component of distilled beverages, especially malt whisky and sherry.

Chios Mastiha is a variant of mastic which has a protected designation of origin status in the European Union.

Rakomelo (Greek: ρακόμελο (or racomelo) from raki (ρακή) + meli (μέλι), meaning honey) is a Greek mixed alcoholic drink.

Cachaça Schermann is a cachaça distilling company located in Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil.

Cachaça Sapucaia is a specialty brand of cachaça produced in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil since 1933.