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Distilled spirit type table
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A Distilled spirit type is a kind of spirit, such as whisky, gin, or tequila. It describes the general properties of a spirit, as opposed to the...
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| x name | x image | x Fermentation base | x Spirits of this type | x Blends using this type | x article |
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| x Single malt whisky |
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Barley | Glen Breton Rare | Johnnie Walker Red Label |
Single malt whisky is a whisky which is distilled at a single distillery, and which is made completely from a single type of malted grain, traditionally barley, (although there are also single malt rye whiskies). Most single malt whiskies are...
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| Frysk Hynder | Johnnie Walker Black Label | ||||
| Johnnie Walker Green Label | |||||
| Forty Creek Barrel Select | |||||
| Black Nikka | |||||
| x Grain whisky |
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Wheat | Johnnie Walker Red Label |
Grain whisky is any whisky made from at least some grains other than barley, such as wheat and maize (corn). Some grain whisky also contain malted barley. (Whisky made from only barley is called malt whisky. This can be confusing: both malt whisky...
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| Maize | Johnnie Walker Black Label | ||||
| Powers Gold Label | |||||
| Black Nikka | |||||
| The Famous Grouse | |||||
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| x Bourbon whiskey |
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Maize | Booker's | Kentucky Deluxe |
Bourbon is an American whiskey, a type of distilled spirit, made primarily from corn and named for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It has been produced since the 18th century.
On 4 May 1964, the United States Congress recognized Bourbon Whiskey as a ...
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| Basil Hayden's | |||||
| Eagle Rare | |||||
| Ezra Brooks | |||||
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| x Tequila |
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Agave azul |
Tequila (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈkila]) is an agave-based spirit made primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, 65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco....
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| x Rum |
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Sugarcane | El Dorado 5 Years |
Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other barrels. The majority of the world...
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| x Vodka |
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Potato | Grey Goose vodka |
Vodka (From Russian водка, from вода [water] + ка [the diminutive suffix] ) is a distilled beverage. It is a clear liquid consisting mostly of water and ethanol purified by distillation—often multiple distillation—from a fermented substance, such as...
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| Sugar beet | Ketel One | ||||
| Cereal | Stolichnaya vodka | ||||
| x Rye whiskey |
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Rye | Black Maple Hill 23yr Rye | Forty Creek Barrel Select |
Rye whiskey may refer to two types of whiskey: one, American rye whiskey, must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye; the other, Canadian rye whiskey, may or may not include rye: so long as it possesses the aroma, taste and character generally...
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| Maize | (ri)1 | ||||
| Barley | Old Overholt | ||||
| Old Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye Whiskey 19th Century Style | |||||
| Old Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye Whiskey 18th Century Style | |||||
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| x Poitín | Barley |
Poitín or Poteen (IPA [ˈpˠotʲiːn], also potcheen) is a traditional Irish distilled, highly alcoholic beverage (60%-95% ABV). Poitín was traditionally distilled in a small pot still and the term is a diminutive of the Irish word pota, meaning "pot"....
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| x Brandy |
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Fruit | Germain-Robin Fine Alambic Brandy |
Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn — "burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 36%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as...
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| Germain-Robin Shareholder's Reserve | |||||
| Germain-Robin Select Barrel XO | |||||
| Germain-Robin Old Havana | |||||
| Germain-Robin Anno Domini | |||||
| x Calvados |
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Apple | Père François V.S. |
Calvados is an apple brandy from the French région of Basse-Normandie or Lower Normandy.
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known Norman distillation was carried out by "Lord" de...
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| x Eau de vie | Fruit |
An eau de vie (plural, eaux de vie; also spelled eau-de-vie and eaux-de-vie) is a clear, colorless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and double distillation. The fruit flavor is typically very light.
Although eau de vie is a...
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| x Cognac |
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Grape |
Cognac (pronounced /ˈkɒnjæk/), named after the town of Cognac in France, is the most famous variety of brandy, produced in the wine-growing region surrounding the town from which it takes its name, in the French Departements of Charente and Charente...
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| x Neutral grain spirit |
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Kentucky Deluxe |
Neutral grain spirit (also called pure grain alcohol [PGA], or grain neutral spirit [GNS]) is a clear, colorless, flammable liquid that is distilled from cereal grain and has a very high ethanol content. The term neutral refers to the fact that it...
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| x Pomace brandy | Pomace |
Pomace brandy is a liquor distilled from pomace wine. Examples include the Croatian / Montenegrin / Serbian lozovača (loza), Cypriot zivania, French marc, Georgian chacha, German Tresterbrand, Greek tsipouro, Hungarian törköly, Italian grappa,...
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| x Marc de Bourgogne | Pomace | ||||
| x Pisco |
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Grape |
Pisco (from Quechua: pisqu, little bird) is a South American liquor distilled from grapes. Developed by Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century, it takes its name from the conical pottery in which it was originally aged, which was also the name of...
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| x Irish whiskey |
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Irish whiskey (Irish: Fuisce or Uisce beatha) is a whiskey made in Ireland. There are several types of whiskey common to Ireland: Single Malt, Single Grain, Pure Pot Still and Blended Whiskey.
The word whiskey is an Anglicisation of the ancient...
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| x Corn whiskey |
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Forty Creek Barrel Select |
Corn whiskey is an American whiskey made from a mash made up of at least 80 percent corn (maize). The whiskey is distilled to not more than 40 percent alcohol by volume. It does not have to be aged but, if it is aged, it must be in new or used...
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| x Moonshine |
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Moonshine is a common term for home-distilled alcohol, especially in places where this practice is illegal.
The name is often assumed to be derived from the fact that moonshine producers and smugglers would often work at night (i.e. under the light...
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| x Welsh whisky |
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Welsh whisky (Welsh: Wisgi Cymreig; alternative forms: wysgi, chwisgi) is a distilled spirit made in Wales.
Like the other Celtic nations, Wales has a long history of spirit distillation. It started life as far back as the 4th century, with a man...
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| x Single malt Scotch whisky |
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Barley | Blackadder Statement 1996 4-year-old Arran | The Famous Grouse |
Single Malt Scotch is a type of single malt whisky, distilled by a single distillery in a pot still, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient, in Scotland. As with any Scotch whisky, a Single Malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and...
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| Isle of Jura 10 year old | Justerini & Brooks Whisky | ||||
| Speyburn 10 year old | Bailie Nicol Jarvie | ||||
| Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old | |||||
| Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old | |||||
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| x Pure pot still whiskey |
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Barley | Green Spot | Powers Gold Label |
Pure pot still whiskey is a type of whiskey traditionally made from a mixture of malted and unmalted barley distilled in a pot still. It is unique to Ireland. Not to be confused with blended whiskey, which is a mixture of column still unmalted grain...
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| x Japanese whisky |
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Whisky production in Japan began around 1870, but the first commercial production was in 1924 upon the opening of the country's first distillery—Yamazaki. Broadly speaking the style of Japanese whisky is more similar to that of Scotch whisky than...
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| x Gin |
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Gin is a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Distilled gin is made by redistilling white grain spirit which has been flavoured with juniper berries. Compound gin is made by flavouring neutral grain spirit with juniper berries without redistilling...
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