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A selection of alcoholic drinks (from left to right): red wine, malt whisky, lager, sparkling wine, lager, cherry liqueur and red wine Alcoholic beverages and production relationships. Drinks containing alcohol are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and spirits—with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%.
An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverages. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over one hundred countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption. [1] In particular, such laws ...
An old whiskey still A display of various liquors in a supermarket Some single-drink liquor bottles available in Germany. Liquor (/ ˈ l ɪ k ər / LIK-ər) or distilled beverages are alcoholic drinks produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.
Alcoholic drink – An Alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of an alcohol includes many other compounds. Alcoholic drinks, such as wine, beer, and liquor have been part of human culture and development for 9,000 years. Many brands of alcoholic drinks are produced ...
A cocktail glass Swan necked copper pot stills in the Glenfiddich distillery. Liquor (/ ˈ l ɪ k ər / LIK-ər) or distilled beverages are alcoholic drinks produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.
This category includes articles on specific types and brands of beverages containing ethanol. For articles on alcohol consumption by humans, see Category:Alcohol. For articles on beer, wine, and cider, see Category:Fermented drinks
Some have proposed that alcoholic drinks predated agriculture and it was the desire for alcoholic drinks that led to agriculture and civilization. [4] [5] As early as 7000 BC, chemical analysis of jars from the Neolithic village Jiahu in the Henan province of northern China revealed traces of a mixed fermented beverage.
Fix – traditional long drink related to Cobblers, but mixed in a shaker and served over crushed ice; Fizz – traditional long drink including acidic juices and club soda, e.g. gin fizz; Flip – traditional half-long drink that is characterized by inclusion of sugar and egg yolk; Julep – base spirit, sugar, and mint over ice.