Eight spirits
Publish:2023-11-01 09:12:27
Whiskey is a strong distilled wine made from barley and other grains, aged in oak barrels for many years, and blended to about 43 degrees. The English call it "the water of life." According to the origin can be divided into: Scottish whiskey, Irish whiskey, American whiskey and Canadian whiskey four categories. The whisky brewing process is divided into six steps: germination, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging and blending.
Baijiu is the general name of Chinese wine (in addition to fruit wine, rice wine), also known as shochu, laobaigan, roast knife, etc. Chinese liquor has a complex flavor with ester as the main body, using koji and liquor as saccharification starter culture, using starch (saccharic) raw materials, through steaming, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging and blending. In a strict sense, the liquor made from the combination of edible alcohol and edible spices can not be regarded as white wine.
Gin, also known as gin (Geneva) or gin, originally produced by the Netherlands, after mass production in the United Kingdom is famous in the world, is a major category of spirits in the world. Gin can be divided into spicy gin, old Tom gin and fruity gin according to taste style.
Tequila, the national drink of Mexico, known as the soul of Mexico, began to become known to the world when Mexico opened the Olympic Games. This wine is a distilled wine made from Agave. Tequila is often used as a base to make a variety of cocktails, common cocktails are Tequila Sunrise, Matador, Frost margarita and so on.
Rum is a distilled wine produced from sugarcane molasses, also known as sugar wine, rum wine, rum wine. Originally from Cuba, it is sweet and fragrant. Rum is the juice of sugar pressed from sugarcane, which is fermented and distilled. According to different raw materials and different brewing methods, rum can be divided into: rum liquor, rum old wine, light rum, rum wine, strong rum, etc., containing 38% to 50% alcohol, wine has amber, brown, and colorless.
Vodka (Водка) is a traditional alcoholic drink in Russia. Vodka is made of grain or potato as raw materials, distilled into up to 95 degrees of alcohol, and then desalted with distilled water to 40 degrees to 60 degrees, and filtered through activated carbon, making the wine more crystal clear, colorless and light and refreshing, making people feel not sweet, not bitter, not astringent, only flamelike stimulation, the formation of vodka unique characteristics. Vodka is a kind of wine with flexibility, adaptability and flexibility among all kinds of cocktails.
Brandy, originally from the Dutch Brandewijn, meaning "fired wine". In a narrow sense, it refers to the high degree of alcohol obtained by distillation after grape fermentation, and then the wine stored by oak barrels. Brandy is a kind of distilled wine, fruit as raw materials, through fermentation, distillation, storage after brewing. Distilled wine with grapes as raw materials is called grape brandy, often referred to as brandy, all refer to grape brandy. To make brandy with other fruit raw materials, the name of the fruit should be added, apple brandy, cherry brandy, etc., but their popularity is far less than the former. Brandy is often referred to as "the soul of wine". There are many countries in the world that produce brandy, but the brandy produced by France is more famous. Among the brandies produced in France, the cognac region is more beautiful, followed by the Yaven (Amannec) region. In addition to French brandy, other wine rich countries, such as Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United States, Peru, Germany, South Africa, Greece and other countries, also have a certain number of different styles of brandy production. The quality of brandy produced in the CIS countries is also excellent.
Japanese sake is a national wine of Japan developed by learning from the brewing method of Chinese rice wine. The Japanese often say that sake is a gift from the gods. Sake has been a popular drink in Japan for more than 1,000 years. Sake can be seen at large banquets, wedding ceremonies, in the bar room or on the table of ordinary people.