Gin

Gin, also known as gin, was first produced in Holland, and became famous for its large-scale production in the United Kingdom, where it was the world's number one type of spirit. Dutch gin is based on barley malt and rye and other raw materials, after fermentation and distillation three times to obtain the original grain alcohol, and then add gin spices and then distilled. Finally, the distilled spirit is stored in a glass tank to be matured, and is diluted to about 40 degrees when packaged. The color of Dutch Gin is transparent and bright. The color of Dutch gin is transparent and bright. It has an outstanding aroma and unique style, which is suitable for drinking alone and should not be used as the base wine for cocktails. The production process of British gin is simpler than that of Dutch gin, which is distilled with edible alcohol and juniper berries as well as other spices*** - dry gin, the liquid is colorless and transparent, the smell is strange and fragrant, and the taste is mellow and refreshing, which can be consumed alone, but also mixed with other liquors or used as the base of cocktails. Therefore, some people call gin the heart of cocktails. Gin can be divided into Spicy Gin, Old Tom Gin and Fruity Gin according to its flavor style.

Main products: Gordon's Gin, also known as Dog's Head Gin (Gordon), Beefeater (Beefeater), Bunos (Burnett\'t), Pols (Bols) and so on.

Vodka (Vodka)

Vodka is derived from the Russian word for "water" and is a representative Russian liquor that was first brewed from wheat, rye and barley. To the 18th century, it began to use potatoes and corn as raw materials, will be distilled from the original vodka, after more than 8 hours of slow filtration, so that the original liquor with activated carbon to absorb its flavor. Vodka is colorless, odorless and neutral, and can be sold without storage. Because vodka is colorless and transparent, like gin, it can be mixed with other liquors to make a variety of mixed drinks and cocktails. Vodka is no longer a specialty of the Soviet Union, and many countries such as Poland, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan produce vodka of similar quality to that produced in the Soviet Union.

Main products: Crown Vodka, Moskov Skaya, Seolichaya, Stolovaya,

Rum

Rum is a by-product of the sugar industry, which is made from cane sugar and then fermented and fermented into molasses. It is then fermented, distilled and stored in oak barrels for more than 3 years. According to different raw materials and brewing different methods, rum can be divided into: rum white wine, rum old wine, light rum, rum often wine, strong aroma rum ......, containing alcohol 42% to 50%, liquor amber, brown, there are also colorless. According to the flavor characteristics, rum can be divided into: strong, light, ＊ strong: first of all, the sugar cane sugar clarification, and then access to butyric acid-producing bacteria and alcohol-producing yeast, fermentation for more than 10 days, pot pot intermittent distillation, about 86% of the colorless original rum, stored in wooden barrels for many years after blending into a golden yellow or light brown finished product alcohol. ＊Light aroma type: cane sugar only with yeast, short fermentation period, tower continuous distillation, the output of 95% degrees of the original spirit, storage blending, into a light yellow to golden yellow finished product, represented by the Cuban rum.

Main products: Bacardi, Havana Club and Myers from Jamaica.

Brandy (Brandy)

Brandy is made from grapes as the only raw material for wine, (there are also other fruits first brewed into fruit wines, and then distilled into brandy, such as: apricot brandy, cherry brandy, apple brandy, etc. ......). Brewing brandy is to contain less sugar sour grapes as the top quality, after (picking, pressing, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging) Cognac (Cognac) region in southern France produced the most mellow brandy, the best, some people will be the Cognac brandy for "the king of brandy". Due to the relationship between the translation, some people will also (Cognac brandy) called "cognac brandy". Cognac brandy has a crystal amber color, a strong aroma, and a mellow taste. When drinking, warm the glass with the palm of your hand, and when the brandy is slightly warm and fragrant, smell it first and taste it later. Brandy needs to be stored for a long time, and the longer the time, the better the quality of the wine, the best aging time is 20 to 40 years.

The following kinds: ★ 3 years, ★★★★ 4 years, ★★★★★ 5 years, v.o 10~12 years, V.S.O 12~20 years, V.S.O.P 20~30 years, Napoleon (Napoleon) 40 years, X.O 50 years, X 70 years.

Main products: Martell (Martell), Hennessy (Hennessy), Remy Martin (Remymartin), Jarnac (Jarnac); and Italy's Buton (Buton), Sgeck 84 (Seock84), Beccaro (Beccaro); the United States of America's Cristin brothers (Cnristian) Brothers) and is this Daikoku brand brandy (Daikoku), Suntory VSOP, Suntory XO and so on.

Whisky

Many countries and regions in the world have distilleries that produce whisky. But the most famous and representative of the whiskey are Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey, American whiskey and Canadian whiskey four categories.

Whisky is made from barley, rye, corn and other grains, fermented, distilled and put into old wooden barrels for fermentation and fermentation.

＊Scotch whisky (scotch whisky) originated in Scotland, after drying, peat smoking and roasting to produce a unique flavor of barley malt as a fermentation raw materials made. Its brewing through six processes, namely: malting barley soaked in water, drying, crushing malt, into the tank with water saccharification, into the barrel to join the yeast fermentation, distillation twice, aging, mixing. At least 8 years of storage, 15 years to 20 years for the best quality finished wine, more than 20 years of quality will decline in style, color brownish yellow with red, clear and bright, smell of charcoal, with a strong smell of smoke.

＊American whiskey: corn and other grains as raw materials, originating in the southern United States, with the addition of wheat corn as raw materials for brewing, fermentation, distillation, and then put into the inner side of the smoked oak barrels in the brewing of 4 to 8 years. Bottled with a certain amount of distilled water and hair dilution, American whiskey is not as strong as Scotch whiskey brilliant smoke flavor, but has a unique oak aroma.

＊Irish whiskey: characteristics, soft, like burning in the mouth. Originally from Ireland, with wheat, barley, rye and other malt as raw materials brewed. After three times distillation. Then into the barrel aging, generally need 8-15 years. When bottled, but also mixed and diluted with water. Because the raw materials do not use peat smoked roast, so there is no burnt flavor, the taste is relatively soft and long and moist, suitable for the production of mixed wine and other beverages **** drink. Canadian whisky: mainly made from rye, corn and barley mixture, using the second distillation, in the barrel storage 4 years, 6 years, 7 years, 10 years. It is blended and mixed before sale. Canadian whisky smell fresh, taste light, cool, many North Americans love this wine. Main products: Scotland has Glenfiddich (Glenfiddich), Byron Ting (Balantine), Golden Bell (Bell\'s), Chivas Regal (Chivas Regal), the wind (Cutty Sark), John. Nike (Johnnie Walker) black card and red card two kinds. Ireland has Three Swallows (Three Swallows), John-Jamson (John-Jamson), Old Bushmills (Old Bushmills) and so on. The United States has four roses (Four Roses), Jim Beam (Jim Beam), Seagram 7 (Seagram\'s7), Jack Daniels (Jack Daniel\'s) and so on. In Canada, there are Canadian Club (CC), Aneique, Alberta and so on.

Liqueur (Liqueurs)

Liqueur is a kind of alcoholic beverages, from different alcohol base to add a certain amount of flavored materials (such as roots, peels, spices, etc.), through the process of distillation, maceration, boiling and so on, and yet to be added to the sweet syrup containing 2.5%. The sweetener can be sugar or honey. Notable liqueurs include: 1 Citrus liqueur (Curacao is the most outstanding, especially from the Netherlands) 2 Cherry liqueur (Peter Heering is the world's best cherry liqueur, produced by the Danish brewery J?rby, with a dark red color and a smooth, fruity taste) 3 Peach liqueur (produced by the Danish brewery J?rby, with a dark red color and a smooth, fruity taste) 3 Peach Liqueur (Produced in the United States by New Orleans, better known as Southern Comfort, with a logo depicting an old steamboat on the Mississippi River.) 4 Cream liqueur (Amaratt Di Saranno from Italy is the most outstanding) 5 Vanilla liqueur (Galliano is a famous Italian vanilla liqueur with a red bunker on the label and a military man in uniform on the carton. 6 Coffee liqueur (Kahlua, Tia Maria and Creme De Cata are the most famous. 7 Others (Drambuje, Apricot, Poire Liqueur, Advocaat, Mint, etc.).

Aperitif

Aperitif

Aperitif

Aperitif

Aperitif (Vermouth), also known as Vermouth, has a strong taste of grass and wood, and it is distilled from wine as the base, with dozens of kinds of plants, such as absinthe, and the amount of alcohol is between 17-20%, divided into two categories of dry flavor and sweet flavor. Famous brands include Italian Martini Vermouth, Italian Vermouth (Cancia), Italian Cinsanello Vermouth (Cinzano), French Vermouth (Noilly Prat) and so on.

Anisette is made by adding aniseed oil or sweet aniseed to a base of pure cooking alcohol or spirits. The famous place of origin is the Bordeaux region of France.

Angostura Bitters, produced in Trinidad, is made with gall bladder as the main ingredient and contains 44% alcohol. Carmpari (Carmpari), Italy's famous products, using a unique recipe for manufacturing, drinking should be added soda water and lemon peel, but also can be mixed with sweet vermouth drink. Dubonnet (Dubonnet), produced by France, with quinine flavor, with strong function and unique flavor, divided into red and white two kinds. Amer Picon (France).

Identifying the authenticity of foreign wines

1. Generally speaking, foreign wines from regular channels have corresponding Chinese instructions on their outer packaging. Consumers are advised to go to shopping malls and supermarkets when buying foreign wines, as the quality of foreign wines in these places is more guaranteed. Foreign wine is also divided into original import and raw material import, some foreign wine is imported from abroad raw materials, filling in the Mainland, its packaging should indicate the Mainland filling.

2. When you go to bars and nightclubs to order foreign wines, pay attention to the cheap foreign wines, if the difference with the general market price is too big, it is best not to buy, because it is likely to be "hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat". At the same time, pay attention to see whether the bottle packaging is complete, real wine bottle plastic seal is more neat, like the seal of the senior brandy, there are several layers of packaging, generally speaking, it is difficult for counterfeiters to fill the inside of the wine.

A liquor distributor said that the mainland bottled foreign wine is about half cheaper than the original imported, so consumers can simply identify from the price.