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Popular liquors by country
A bottle of the traditional Tunisian
Boukha
Tequila , a national liquor of
Mexico , is a
spirit made from the
blue agave plant, 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 .
Turkish
Rakı
Georgian
chacha
Italian
fernet
"Very Old Rare
Sherry ", Pedro Ximenez by Garvey. Jerez de la Frontera (Andalusia, Spain), aged 30 years. Sherry is a national liquor of
Spain .
This is a list of national liquors . A national
liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation. This list is distinct from
national drink , which include non-alcoholic beverages.
East Asia
China :
Baijiu (including
Kaoliang liquor )
[1]
[2] (
sorghum , rice, wheat, barley, millet)
Taiwan :
Kaoliang liquor
Japan :
Sake ,
Shōchū (including
Awamori ) (rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat),
Japanese whisky
North Korea :
Pyongyang Soju
[3]
South Korea :
Soju
[4] (rice, barley, corn, potato, sweet potato)
Mongolia :
Kumis (Airag)
Europe
Albania :
Rakia
[5]
Austria : Inländer Rum &
schnapps
[6] (fruit)
Belarus :
Krambambula
Belgium :
Jenever (
malt and
Juniper )
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
Rakija (fruit: apples, plums, pears)
Bulgaria :
Rakia
[7] (
grapes ,
apricots ,
plums )
Croatia :
Rakija
[8] (fruit: plums, pears) and
Pelinkovac
Cyprus :
Zivania (wine or grape residue left over from
winemaking ) and
Commandaria (sweet
dessert wine )
Czech Republic :
Becherovka
[9] (herbs) or
Slivovice
[10] (
plums )
Denmark :
Akvavit (grain or potatoes)
Estonia :
Vana Tallinn
Finland :
Koskenkorva Viina
[11] (
grain (
barley ) and
Finlandia vodka
[12] (
barley )
France :
Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy);
Armagnac and
Cognac ,
[13]
[14]
Pastis
Germany :
Schnapps (fruit) (in the South),
Korn (in the North)
Greece :
Raki (
Ρακί ή Ρακή), produced from fruit.
Ouzo
[15] (distilled 96 percent pure ethyl alcohol and
Anise ).
Crete :
Tsikoudia (pomace raki).
Mainland Greece :
Tsipouro (pomace raki)
Hungary :
Unicum (
herbs ),
Pálinka
[16] (fruit),
Tokaji
Iceland :
Brennivín , aka “Black Death” (potatoes)
Ireland :
Irish Whiskey (
fermented mash of
cereal grains ),
Poitín (
malted barley grain )
Italy :
Grappa (
pomace and grape residue left over from
winemaking ),
Limoncello ,
Amaretto ,
Amaro ,
Fernet ,
Mirto ,
Alchermes ,
Aperol ,
Campari ,
Cynar ,
Frangelico ,
Maraschino ,
Rosolio ,
Sambuca ,
Strega
Latvia :
Riga Black Balsam
Lithuania :
Midus
North Macedonia :
Rakija and
Mastika (Typically, red and/or white grapes. Plums used in some areas such as Kichevo. Mastika is anise and herb flavored rakija)
[17]
Montenegro :
Rakija (Loza), produced from
red grapes
Netherlands :
Jenever (
Malt and
Juniper )
Norway :
Akevitt (must be distilled from Norwegian potatoes and aged for a minimum of six months in oak casks to be labeled "Norwegian Akevitt",
[18] unlike Danish and Swedish akvavit, which is commonly grain-based and unaged)
Poland :
Nalewka ,
Krupnik ,
Vodka
[19] (
grain ,
rye , wheat, potatoes, or
sugar beet
Molasses ), and, during the era of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ,
mead
Portugal :
Madeira wine ,
Port wine ,
Ginjinha ,
Jeropiga ,
Licor Beirão ,
Bitter almond liqueur and
Madeiran rum .
Romania :
Ţuică
[20] (
plums ) or
Pălincă (fruit)
Russia :
Vodka
[14] (
grain ,
rye , wheat, potatoes, or
sugar beet
molasses )
Serbia :
Rakija (
šljivovica in particular)
Slovakia :
Slivovica ,
[21]
Borovička (
juniper berries )
Patxaran, a sloe berry liqueur
Ibero America and Caribbean
Pisco
Northern America
Oceania
South Asia
Two kinds of Arrack from Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia
Bottles of
Sombai infused
rice wine with hand-painted images of Angkor temples
Cambodia :
Sombai infused
rice wine
[43]
[44]
Indonesia :
Arak (Bali) , Tuak (Sumatra & Java), Moke (Flores), Sopi (Ambon & Nusa Tenggara), Cap Tikus (Manado), Ballo (Toraja), Swansrai (Papua)
Laos :
Lao-Lao (
Lao : ເຫລົ້າໄຫ ) is a
Laotian rice whisky produced in
Laos .
[45]
[46] Along with
Beerlao , lao-Lao is a staple drink in Laos.[
citation needed ]
Malaysia :
Tuak [
citation needed ]
Philippines :
Gin (
Ginebra San Miguel ),
Lambanog [
citation needed ]
Thailand :
Lao Khao ,
Sato ,
Mekhong whiskey (95% sugarcane/
molasses and 5% rice),
Mekhong ,
Namtanmao ,
Sang Som [
citation needed ]
Vietnam :
Rượu đế (glutinous or non-glutinous rice) and
Rượu thuốc (herbs and raw animals)[
citation needed ]
West Asia
Toasting with
rakı , in typical rakı glasses
See also
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Further reading
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Fruit
Apple
Banana
Bignay
Bokbunja
Grape
Java plum
Longan
Lychee
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Prickly pear
Various fruits
Cereals
Barley
Corn
Millet
Rice
Rye
Sorghum
Multiple grains
Other
Agave americana
Coconut and other palms
Dairy
Ginger
Galangal
Honey
Sugar
Sugarcane or molasses
Tea
Various starches
Fruit
Apple
Cashew apple
Cherry
Dates
Fig
Grape
Juniper
Plum
Pomace
Various fruits
Cereals
Barley
Beer
Buckwheat
Maize
Rice
Rye
Sorghum
Multiple grains
Other
Agave
Coconut and other palms
Dairy
Sugarcane or molasses
Various starches
Liqueurs and infused distilled drinks by ingredients
Almond
Anise
Beer
Blackthorn shrub
Cherry
Chili peppers
Chocolate
Cinnamon
Cloudberry
Coconut
Coffee
Cream
Egg
Hazelnut
Herbs
Honey
Juniper
Mammee apple flower
Orange
Star anise
Sugarcane/molasses
Vanilla
Various fruits
Walnut