Liquor refers to spirits with an alcohol content of at least 20% by volume. These beverages are produced through distillation or rectification processes and include popular types like whisky, vodka, brandy, and rum.
How it is made
Liquor is made by distilling fermented mash or through rectification. The process involves heating fermented liquids to separate alcohol from water and other components, resulting in a higher concentration of alcohol.
Types and styles
Common types of liquor include whisky, vodka, brandy, rum, gin, and mezcal. There are also many regional varieties and flavored liquors available worldwide.
How it is served
Liquor can be served neat, with mixers, or in cocktails. Popular cocktails using liquor include Negroni, Mojito, Long Island Iced Tea, Margarita, and Cosmopolitan.
Adapted from the Russian Wikipedia article Крепкие спиртные напитки, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kinds of liquor
- Rum (396 cocktails)
- Whisky (373 cocktails)
- Gin (324 cocktails)
- Vodka (319 cocktails)
- Mezcal (208 cocktails)
- Brandy (134 cocktails)
- Absinthe (67 cocktails)
- Eau de vie (42 cocktails)
- Applejack (34 cocktails)
- Bénédictine (31 cocktails)
- Jenever (25 cocktails)
- Pisco (22 cocktails)
- Cachaça (19 cocktails)
- Fruit brandy (18 cocktails)
- Arrack (6 cocktails)
- Pomace brandy (4 cocktails)
- Aguardiente (1 cocktails)
- Aqua vitae
- Baijiu
- Brännvin
- Bäsk
- Cocuy
- Desi daru
- Mekhong
- Moonshine
- Poitín
- Rectified spirit
- Shōchū
- Sotol
Other styles
- Korn
- Bundaberg Rum (Australia)
- Bathtub gin
- Aragh Sagi
- Erguotou
- Raicilla
- Rakomelo (Greece)
- Lao khao (Thailand)
- Waragi
- Grogue (Cape Verde)
- Raksi
- Tuzemák
- Gentian liqueur (Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany)
- Akpeteshie (Ghana)
- Bacanora
- Cocoroco
- Clairin (Haiti)
- Cut brandy
- Rượu đế (Vietnam)
- Insam-ju
- Flavored liquor
- Bierbrand
- Lao-Lao
- Geist
- Pox
- Fine
- Peruvian Pisco (Peru)
- Dutch brandy (Netherlands)
- Sugar beet spirit
- Imo Shochu (Japan)
- Zhumir
- Sawdust brandy
- Lotoko
- Tungi Spirit
- Vodka soda
- Manx Spirit
- Munbae-ju
- Sulai
- Williamine (Canton of Valais)
- Cristal
- Kumi Kumi
- Pillkaller (Prussia)
- Tres Generaciones
- Padlamanggan
- Polugar
- Divin
Well-known brands
- McDowell's No.1
- Mount Gay Rum (Barbados)
- Minttu
- Ratzeputz (Germany)
- Beenleigh Rum
- Sinfire (United States)
- Jaloviina (Finland)