Absinthe or wormwood absinthe, dubbed "The Green Fairy" or the "Green Devil" is an alcoholic beverage light aniseed flavor, with a bitter background due to the contribution of herbs containing mainly Artemisia absinthium.
The concept of Anise as liquor is legally very restricted in the European Union where the vast majority of such drinks are not considered a brandy; also it changes a culture and era to another.
The Bourbon whiskey or bourbon whiskey distilled beverage is a family of whiskeys characterized by aromatic and slightly caramelized flavor.
Cachaça (in Portuguese, cachaça, called pinga, branquinha, caxaca) is a distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. It is obtained as a product of the distillation of juice fermented sugar cane.
Gin is a spirit derivative or Dutch jenever genever. Its alcohol content varies between 37 ° and 47 °. It is obtained by distillation of unmalted barley, rectified with juniper berries.
Now that Japanese whiskey is in fashion, it is time to explain why its success, and why many begin to consider the Japanese country as the best producer of whiskey in the world.
A liqueur is a sweet (or dry) distilled alcoholic beverage. More generically, sometimes the word 'liqueur' is used to refer to distilled alcoholic beverages in general.
Pastis is a typical anise Marseille, France whose alcohol content is around 40-45%. The word comes from the pastis pastis Occitan Provencal, meaning pâté or mixture.
The pippermint is an alcoholic drink made of mint green and very aromatic. It is a liquor of 40 degrees alcoholics often drunk very cold, alone or as a cocktail ingredient.
Chilean pisco is an alcoholic beverage of the brandis family, belonging to a variety of grape brandy, produced by the distillation of wine from certain grapes (Vitis vinifera), in the Chilean regions of Atacama and Coquimbo.
The raicilla, whose name comes from "small root", is a handmade distillate of Lechuguilla agave and is produced in the state of Jalisco. Of the same family as tequila and mezcal, it could be his older sister by seniority and is considered the most aromatic among them.
Rum is an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugar cane by fermentation, distillation and then may or may not be subjected to processes of aging in oak barrels.
Sake is a Japanese word meaning "alcoholic beverage" in Western countries refers to a type of Japanese alcoholic drink made from an infusion made from rice.
The brandy is a distilled alcoholic beverage of an alcoholic fermented. There are a variety of agricultural organic substances whose paste or fermented juice is used for extraction, in which: fruits, cereals, vegetables and grains.
Spirits are those alcoholic beverages from the distillation of cereals, fruits, nuts and other mainly agricultural commodities.
Liquid substance of varying degrees of thickness obtained by cooking sugar with water, and to which are added fruit juice, is used in the preparation of soft drinks or spirits.
Tequila is a native town of Tequila distillate in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is made from fermented and distilled like mezcal, agave juice extracted.
Vodka is a distilled beverage. It is generally produced through the fermentation of grains and other starch-rich plants, such as rye, wheat, or potato.
Scotch Whisky or Scotch is a whiskey exclusively distilled in Scotland and can be classified into several types: single malt, Blended Malt Whisky or puree malt, blended and single grain.
Pure malt whiskey, single malt whiskey in English is an alcoholic beverage produced grain in a single distillery. This kind of whiskey is distilled from the fermentation of a malted cereal.