This document provides classifications and examples of various alcoholic beverages. It describes brandy as a spirit produced from distilled wine that is aged in wooden casks and typically taken as an after-dinner drink. Rum is distilled from sugarcane and aged in oak barrels, with the largest production in the Caribbean and Latin America. Vodka is a distilled spirit made from fermented grains, potatoes, or fruits that is commonly used in mixed drinks. Gin is derived from juniper berries and became popular in Britain in the 18th century. Tequila is made from blue agave plants, primarily in Jalisco, Mexico. Liqueurs are sweet, lower alcohol spirits flavored with fruits, herbs, or

1. Classification
Of Alcoholic
Beverages

2. BRANDY
Brandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine.
Brandy generally contains 35 60% alcohol
by volume (70 120 US proof) and is typically
taken as an after-dinner drink. Some brandies
are aged in wooden casks, some are colored
with caramel coloring to imitate the effect of
aging, and some brandies are produced using
a combination of both aging and coloring.
Brandy is also produced from fermented fruits
other than grapes, but these products are
typically named eaux-de-vie, especially in
France. In some countries, fruit flavoring or
some other flavoring may be added to a spirit
that is called "brandy".

3. BRAND NAMES
Camus
Asbach Uralt
Courvoisier
Rémy Martin
Hennessy

4. Alambic
Roullet
A.E. Dor
Honey Bee
Paul Masson
Meukow

5. RUM
Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from
sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or
directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of
fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a
clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels.
The majority of the world's rum production occurs
in the Caribbean and Latin America. Rum is also
produced in Austria, Spain, Australia, New
Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, Hawaii,the Philippines,
India, Reunion Island, Mauritius, South Africa,
Taiwan, Japan, United States and Canada.

6. BRAND NAMES
1 Barrel
Pyrat Cask 1623
Santa Teresa 1796
Old Monk Rum
FineRum

7. British Navy Rum
Ron Zacapa 23
Mount Gay Special Reserve
El Dorado
Black 33 OP

8. VODKA
Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of
water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities
and flavorings.Traditionally, vodka is made by the
distillation of fermented grains or potatoes, though some
modern brands use other substances, such as fruits or
sugar.
Traditionally, vodka had an alcoholic content of 40%
alcohol by volume. Vodka is traditionally drunk neat in
the vodka belt countries of Eastern Europe and around
the Baltic Sea. It is also commonly used in cocktails
and mixed drinks, such as the vodka martini, vodka
tonic, Screwdriver, Greyhound, Black or white Russian,
Bloody Mary, and Sex on the Beach.

9. BRAND NAMES
Grey Goose
Crystal Head Vodka
Finlandia
Stolichnaya
Absolut vodka

10. Smirnoff
Belvedere
Skyy Vodka
Pinnacle Vodka
Russian Standard

11. GIN
Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavor
from juniper berries. From its earliest origins in the
Middle Ages, gin has evolved over the course of a
millennium from a herbal medicine to an object of
commerce in the spirits industry. Gin was developed
on the basis of the older Jenever, and become
widely popular in Great Britain when William of
Orange, leader of the Dutch Republic, occupied the
British throne with his wife Mary.
Today, the gin category is one of the most popular
and widely distributed range of spirits, and is
represented by products of various origins, styles,
and flavor profiles that all revolve around juniper as
a common ingredient.

12. BRAND NAMES
CAORUNN
TANQUERAY NO.10
HAYMAN'S 1850 RESERVE
HENDRICKS
BEEFEATER 24

13. BLOOM
SAINSBURY'S
MONKEY 47
MARTIN MILLERS
WILLIAMS CHASE

14. TEQUILA
Tequila is a regional specific name for a distilled
beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in
the area surrounding the city of Tequila, 65 km (40 mi)
northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the
north western Mexican state of Jalisco. Although
tequila is a kind of mezcal, modern tequila differs
somewhat in the method of its production, in the use of
only blue agave plants, as well as in its regional
specificity.
Tequila is most often made at a 38 40% alcohol
content (76 80 proof), but can be produced between
31 and 55% alcohol content (62 and 110 proof)

15. BRAND NAMES
Casa Noble
Don Julio
Herradura
Corralejo
Cazadores

16. Patron
Ocho
El TesoroTequila
Milagro
Tres Generationes

17. LIQUEUR
A liqueur 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).
Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; they are
usually not aged for long after the ingredients
are mixed, but may have resting periods during
their production to allow flavors to marry.
Most liqueurs have a lower alcohol content (15
30% ABV) than spirits, but some contain as
much as 55%ABV.

18. BRAND NAMES
Kahlua
Crème de Cacao
Irish Cream
Curacao
Amaretto

19. Rosilio
Anisette
Galliano
Tia Maria
Murtado