INTERESTING PROCEDURES OF HOW FAMOUS ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ARE MADE

Vodka

Vodka is traditionally made from potatoes or sorghum fermented and cereal grains, but basically anything that has high quantity of starch.

Whiskey

Generally made form fermented grain mash including barley, corn(maize), rye and wheat, whiskey is fermented/aged in charred white oak wood, that gives it the distinctive taste. Whiskey can only be aged in the casks and once bottled, aging process is stopped.

Brandy

The making of brandy is similar to wine, except it is made from early grapes to achieve higher acidity. Brandy contains 35-60% alcohol by volume and is generally consumed as an after-dinner drink.

Cognac

For a brandy to be recognized as Cognac it must be made using special Ugni Blanc grapes, must be twice distilled in copper pot stills, and should be aged for at least tow years in French oak barrels from the French districts of Limousin.

Vermouth

Vermouth is technically a type of wine that has sugar, spice and everything nice in it. I'm joking, but Vermouth is actually an aromatized wine that has been infused with roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, spices and is fortified by adding brandy to it.

Beer

Beer making requires 4 main ingredients - barley, water, hops and yeast. The sugars from the barley are extracted only to be converted to alcohol by the yeast. Although traditionally barely is used in making beer, other grains such as rye, maize, rice and wheat.

Port Wine

Port wine is a type of fortified wine that is produced traditionally in Portugal (maybe that's why the name port wine) and it's most special feature is that it's sweet.

Rum

Rum, one of the most loved distilled beverage is made using sugarcane by products or sugarcane juice directly and is then distilled. The liquid obtained is then aged in barrels. It's weird how sugarcane can taste like Old Monk, right?

Absinthe

It is traditionally an anise-flavored spirit derived from botanicals, including the flowers and leaves of the 'grand wormwood' plant and together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal.

Gin

Gin can be prepared using juniper, coriander, citrus peel, cinnamon, almond or liquorice, with neutral grain alcohol. Gin gets its name from being made from Juniper berries traditionally and is similar to vodka.