Scotch whisky, originated in Scotland, is made from dried barley malt with unique flavor produced by peat fumigation. Its brewing goes through six procedures, namely, soaking barley to germinate, drying, crushing malt, adding water to saccharify, adding yeast to ferment, distilling twice, aging and mixing. It must be stored for at least 8 years, and 15 ~ 20 years is the best quality finished wine. After more than 20 years, the quality will decline, and the color will be brown, yellow and reddish, clear and bright, with a strong smell of smoke.
American whiskey: It is made of corn and other grains, and originated in the southern United States. Corn with wheat added as the brewing raw material is fermented, distilled and brewed in an internal carbonized oak barrel for 4-8 years. When bottling, add a certain amount of distilled water to dilute. American whisky is not as strong as scotch whisky, but it has a unique oak flavor.
Irish whiskey: unique and soft, as if burning in the mouth. Originated in Ireland, it is brewed from wheat, barley, rye and other malt. After three times of distillation. Then it is aged in a barrel, which usually takes 8- 15 years. Mix and dilute with water when bottling. Because the raw materials have not been smoked and baked with peat, they have no burnt taste, and the taste is soft and long, which is suitable for making mixed wine and other drinks.
Canadian Whiskey: It is mainly brewed by mixing rye, corn and barley, distilled twice and stored in wooden barrels for 4 years, 6 years, 7 years and 65,438+00 years. Blending should be carried out before sale. Canadian whisky smells fresh and tastes light and comfortable. Many North Americans like this wine.
Main products: ballantyne, Bell, Chivas Regal, Cutty Sark and johnnie walker. There are three swallows in Ireland, John jameson and George H.W. Mills. There are four roses in America, Jim Beam, No.7 Seagram, Jack Daniels and so on. Canada has Canadian clubs called "CC", ANIQUE, Alberta and so on.
Brandy: Brandy is a wine brewed with grapes as the only raw material. Other fruits are also brewed first and then distilled into brandy, such as apricot brandy, cherry brandy and calvados. Brandy is made from sour grapes with low sugar content. After picking, squeezing, saccharification, fermentation, distillation and aging, the brandy produced in cognac in southern France is the most mellow and the best. Some people regard cognac as the "king of brandy". Because of transliteration, some people call cognac "cognac". Brandy is crystal amber in color, with rich aroma and mellow taste. When drinking, warm the cup with your palm. When brandy is slightly warm, smell it first and then taste it. Brandy needs to be stored for a long time. The longer the time, the better the wine quality, and the best aging time is 20 ~ 40 years.
The following types: ★ 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. Brandy is produced all over the world, and the wine made in France is the best, so French brandy is also the best, among which cognac is particularly famous in the world.
All brandy is brandy, but all brandy is not brandy. Cognac is distilled from wine produced in Charente, France, and is restricted and guaranteed by law. Brandy distilled from wines produced in other places cannot be called cognac legally.
Cognac is located in the ancient city of Cognac on the Charente River in France, which is the center of producing Cognac wine. This kind of brandy is very famous in the world, so the French word COGNAC is known by almost everyone in the world. Even China is no exception.
Cognac is divided into six districts, and the quality of wine produced is also high and low, which are arranged as follows:
1. Grand Champagne Zone
2. Small champagne area
3. Border areas
4. finsbois planting area
5. Bonsbois advanced planting forest area
****OIS common plantation area
All brandy distilleries use letters to distinguish quality, as follows:
E stands for special
(special)
F stands for good
(good)
V stands for extraordinary
(good)
O stands for old
(old)
S stands for superiority
(good)
P stands for pallor
(pale and old)
X stands for extra charge.
(unusual)
Main products: Martell, Hennessy, Ruimei Martin, Janak; There are also Italian Buton, Szeck 84, Beccaro American Christian brothers and Daikoku, Suntory VSOP, Suntory XO and so on.
Gin: Gin, also known as gin, was first produced in the Netherlands and became famous in the world after mass production in Britain. It is the largest kind of spirits in the world. Dutch gin is made from barley malt and rye. After fermentation, the grain wine was obtained by distillation for three times, and then the juniper spice was added and distilled. Finally, the distilled liquor is stored in a glass jar until it is mature, and when it is packaged, it is diluted to about 40 degrees, and the color of Dutch gin is transparent and clear. Outstanding aroma, unique style, suitable for single drink, not suitable for cocktail base wine. The production process of English gin is simpler than that of Dutch gin. It is distilled from edible alcohol, juniper and other spices-dry gin is colorless and transparent, with a strange smell and a mellow and refreshing taste. It can be drunk alone or mixed with other wines to make cocktail base wine. Therefore, some people call gin the heart of cocktails. Main brands: Gordon Gold, also known as Gordon, Beaver, Burnett and so on.
Vodka: Vodka comes from the word "water" in Russian and is a representative white wine in Russia. It was originally brewed from wheat, rye and barley. /kloc-after the 0/8th century, potatoes and corn were used as raw materials. After more than 8 hours of slow filtration, the original vodka liquor was adsorbed by activated carbon. Vodka is colorless, tasteless and neutral, so it can be sold without storage. Because vodka is colorless and transparent, like gin, it can be mixed with other wines to make various mixed drinks and cocktails. Main products: Crown Vodka, Moscoff Kaya, Stolichaya, Stollowaya, Moscoff Kaya, Stolichaya, Stollowaya, Oslu, also known as Swedish Vodka.
Rum: Rum, also known as sugar liquor, is a by-product of sugar industry. It is made of sucrose, first made into molasses, then fermented, distilled and stored in oak barrels for more than 3 years. According to different raw materials and different brewing methods, rum can be divided into: rum liquor, rum old liquor, light rum, rum regular liquor, rum with strong aroma and alcohol content of 42% ~ 50%, amber, brown and colorless liquor. According to the flavor characteristics, rum can be divided into three types: Luzhou-flavor, light-flavor and Luzhou-flavor: sugarcane sugar is clarified first, then inoculated with bacteria and yeast that can produce butyric acid, fermented for more than 10 days, and then distilled in batch tanks to obtain about 86% colorless original rum, which is blended into golden yellow or light brown finished wine after being stored in wooden barrels for many years. * Light fragrance type: only yeast is added to sugarcane sugar, and the fermentation cycle is short. Tower continuous distillation produces 95% of the original wine, which is stored and blended into light yellow to golden yellow finished wine, represented by Cuban rum. Main products: Bacardi produced in Cuba, Havana Club, Miles produced in Jamaica, etc.
Tequila: Tequila is made from tequila grown in Mexico. There are about 400 species of this plant in Mexico, but the best one is tequila. This is a agave plant that has been growing for more than 8 years. PINA bulbs buried in the soil are cut off, boiled, fermented and distilled into wine. Tequila is distilled and bottled for sale, but golden tequila aged in wooden barrels is very popular with drinkers because of its soft flavor and rough wolf characteristics.
Liqueur: Liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made by adding certain flavoring materials (such as roots, skins, spices, etc.). ) into different wine bases, distilled, soaked and boiled, and 2.5% sweet syrup was added. Sweet syrup can be sugar or honey. The famous liqueurs are: 1 Citrus liqueur (Cura? ao is the most outstanding, especially produced in the Netherlands) 2 Cherry liqueur (Peter Schilling is the best cherry liqueur product in the world, produced by Danish Zerbi Winery, with deep red color, soft taste and rich fruit aroma. ) 3 Peach liqueur (produced in New Orleans, USA, the comfort in the south is famous, and the trademark is painted with the old steamboat on the Mississippi River. ) 4 Cream liqueur (Amaratt Di Saranno)5 made in Italy) 5 Galliano is a famous Italian vanilla liqueur with a red bunker on the trademark and a soldier in uniform on the carton. ) 6 Coffee liqueur (the most famous are Karoly, Tiamaria and Cata liqueur. ) Other 7 categories (Drambuje, Apricot, Poire Liqueur, Advocatt, Mint Wine, etc. )
Aperitif: absinthe and fennel.
Absinthe, also translated as absinthe, has a strong smell of plants and plants. It is based on wine, mixed with dozens of plants such as absinthe and distilled. The alcohol content is between 17%-20%, which can be divided into dry taste and sweet taste. Brand-name products include Italian Martini Vermmouth, Italian taste (Cancia), Italian taste (Cinzano) and French taste (Noilly Prat).
Anise wine is made of pure edible alcohol or white spirit, and fennel oil or fennel is added. The famous place of origin is Bordeaux, France.
Angostura Bitters, produced in Trinidad, is mainly made of gentian, and its alcohol content is 44%. Carmpari, a famous Italian product, is made of a unique secret recipe. Drink it with soda water and lemon peel, or with sweet absinthe. Produced in French Dupony, it has quinine flavor, strong functionality and unique flavor, including red and white. Amorpicon, France.