Liquor

The traditional Chinese distilled spirits are the most familiar. Distilled alcohol with sorghum or other grains as the main raw material, also known as shochu, laobaigan, and burning knives etc.

It is colorless (or slightly yellow) and transparent, with a pure aroma, sweet and refreshing taste, and high alcohol content. After being stored and matured, it has a compound fragrance with esters as the main body.

It may be due to cultural reasons. Compared with foreign "spirits" such as vodka, brandy and vodka, most Chinese people still like to drink Chinese Liquor.

Well-known domestic Chinese brands is Moutai.

Beer

Beer is with low-alcohol made from barley malt, hops, and water as the main raw materials and fermented by yeast. It contains carbon dioxide and generally contains bubbles.

According to the brewing process, malt, hops, and raw materials, it is also divided into many categories. There are also many controversies, such as the current hotter industrial beer craft beer.

Beer is the oldest alcoholic beverage for mankind, and its consumption is only greater than that of water and tea. In a latest beer price survey, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the United States all consume the most.

Wine

Red wine is a general term for wine, and is a fruit wine made from grape-flavored ingredients. It does not necessarily refer to red wines. There are many types of red wines, such as by sugar: dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, and sweet.

According to the color, it is divided into white wine, red wine and sweet white wine.

Like liquor, there are many types of wine.

Fruit wine

Fruit Wine is an alcoholic beverage fermented from fresh grapes or grape juice, usually divided into red wine (not peeled) and white grape (peeled) wine.

The former is made by immersing and fermenting red grapes with skins. It has a strong taste and is suitable for large meat-shaped foods.

The latter is fermented from grape juice, which is lighter in taste and suitable for seafood, and iced is better.

Whisky

Whiskey (Whisky), the British call it "water of life". It is brewed from barley and other grains, and after aging in oak barrels for many years, it is blended into a strong distilled liquor with a temperature of about 43 degrees.

According to the origin, it can be divided into: Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey, American whiskey, Canadian whiskey, Japanese whiskey

Brandy

Brandy, originally from the Dutch word Brandewijn, means "fired wine", and is also a distilled spirit. It is made from fruits as raw materials, fermented, distilled, and stored.

Distilled wine made from grapes is called grape brandy, and brandy is also made from other fruit materials, such as apple brandy and cherry brandy.

But brandy is often talked about refers to grape brandy.

In addition, after the brandy is made, the more it is put, the more valuable it becomes.

Vodka

Vodka (Водка) is a traditional Russian alcoholic beverage. It uses grains or potatoes as raw materials and is known as "Russia's First Wife".

As the wine of the fighting clan, the brewing is also very special. The raw materials are first distilled to make alcohol up to 95 degrees, then diluted with distilled water to 40 to 60 degrees, and filtered through activated carbon. Make the wine more crystal clear, colorless and light and refreshing.

Drinking basically makes people feel not sweet, not bitter, not astringent, only the flame-like stimulation, forming the unique characteristics of vodka (often only the taste of alcohol).

However, vodka is the most flexible, adaptable and adaptable wine among various base wines for making cocktails.

Rum

Rum, also known as sugar wine. It is a distilled liquor made from sugar cane molasses. Originated in Cuba, it tastes sweet and fragrant.

Rum can be divided into: rum liquor, old rum, light rum, regular rum, strong fragrance rum, etc. Generally, the alcohol content is 38%-50%, and the liquor has amber, brown, and colorless.

Many people like rum because of "Pirates of the Caribbean". In fact, the rum that real pirates and sailors drink is much harder to drink.

So there are other flavors of rum, such as coconut rum (coconut rum, the last tenderness of the Pirates of the Caribbean).

Rice wine

Rice wine, also known as Chinese rice wine, is a brewed wine, one of the three largest brewed wines in the world. Unlike white wine, rice wine has not been distilled and has an alcohol content of less than 20%.

It is a kind of grain wine brewed from rice. Among them, the wheat koji rice wine represented by Zhejiang Shaoxing rice wine,

The color of different types of rice wine also presents different beige, yellowish brown or reddish brown.

Shandong Jimo old wine is a typical representative of northern corn wine; Fujian Longyan Shenyang wine and Fujian old wine are typical representatives of red yeast rice wine.

Rice wine

Rice wine, also known as fermented glutinous rice, was called "li" in ancients. It is more common in the south, and the main raw material is glutinous rice.

Jiu Niang is generally called "rice wine" or "sweet wine" in the north. Also known as glutinous rice wine, glutinous rice wine, sweet wine, fermented rice wine.

It often appears as a dessert pairing in the South, such as fermented rice balls, fermented rice balls, glutinous rice balls, etc.

Gin

Gin, also known as geneva or gin, is the world's largest spirit. It was first produced in the Netherlands and became famous all over the world after mass production in the UK.

Gin can be divided into spicy gin, old Tom gin and fruit gin according to taste style. It is the most used wine in cocktails, and has a reputation as the heart of cocktails.

Tequila/Tequila

Tequila is Mexico's national wine and is called the soul of Mexico. When the Olympics were held in Mexico, they began to become known to the world.

It is a distilled liquor made from agave (agave) through distillation.

Tequila is often used as a base to make various cocktails. Common cocktails include Tequila Sunrise, Matador, and Frost Margarita.

Cocktail

Cocktail is a mixed drink, which is a mixture of two or more alcohols or beverages, fruit juices, and soft drinks. It is said to have a certain nutritional value and appreciation value (nutrition anyway, I don’t believe it).

Cocktails usually use rum, gin, tequila, vodka, whiskey, brandy and other spirits or wine as the base wine, and then mix with other auxiliary materials such as fruit juice, egg white, bitter essence, milk, coffee, sugar and so on. Or a mixed drink made by shaking.

Finally, lemon slices, fruits or mint leaves can be used as decorations, which is one of the favorite wines of young people today.

Liqueur

Liquor is transliterated from French Liqueur. Distilled spirits (brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka) are used as base liquor to prepare various flavoring items and sweetened alcoholic beverages.

It has high and moderate alcohol content, beautiful color, unique fragrance and high sweetness. Therefore, liqueurs are usually used as after-dinner wines, often replacing desserts.

Sometimes, liqueur can also be used as an aperitif and drunk before a meal. Like cocktails, there are many ways to drink it, such as drinking directly, drinking with ice, and so on. It can also be used for cooking, baking, making ice cream, pudding and desserts.

Sake

Divided into Japanese sake, Chinese sake and Korean sake.

Japanese sake is made from rice and natural mineral water. After making koji, making wine, and finally brewing, through parallel compound fermentation, a mash with an alcohol content of about 18% is brewed. After that, lime is added to make it settle, and the original sake of sake is made by pressing.

Chinese sake is brewed with high-quality spring water and magnetic valley millet. The color is light yellow or colorless, clear and transparent, and pleasantly aromatic. Its sour, sweet, bitter, astringent and spicy flavors harmonize. The alcohol content is probably above 15%-17%.

Korean sake, Korean sake can generally be divided into two categories: "pure rice" and "hon brewing". The alcohol content is between 15 and 17 degrees. Most of the entrance is very dry but mellow, suitable for refrigeration to 7 to 12 degrees before drinking.

When paired with food, it is more suitable for southern Chinese food such as white sliced chicken and steamed fish.

Japanese Shochu

Shochu, like sake, is more popular in Japan. There are also wines with the same name in China and South Korea.

For shochu, "yaki" means distillation-this is a kind of alcohol that is fermented and then distilled. Generally, the alcohol content is above 25 degrees, and the highest can reach above 60 degrees.

The raw materials are mostly sweet potatoes, rice, and barley. After the Japanese shochu factory has opened up, there are shochu made with brown sugar, chestnuts, perilla, black beans, vegetables and even milk.

Because of its reputation, even the best shochu is not too expensive.

Aperitif

Aperitifs (Aperitifs), as the name suggests, its main feature is that it has an appetizing function. Because it is mainly consumed before meals, it is also called pre-dinner wine.

The aperitif is mainly prepared by adding the roots, stems, leaves, medicinal materials, spices, etc. of plants as raw materials of wine or distilled spirits.

Most of the traditional aperitif varieties are: Vermouth, Bitters, and Anise. Most of these wines have been added with spices or some plant materials to increase the flavor of the wine.

Modern aperitifs are mostly blended wines, using wine or spirits as the base, adding plant-based raw materials or adding these raw materials during distillation.

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