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Ginger wine is a fortified wine often made from a fermented blend of ginger, raisins, sugar and yeast, [1] [2] that is often fortified by being blended with brandy. [3] It is one of the main ingredients of the Whisky Mac cocktail. [4] Advert c.1900 for Stone's Ginger wine. The Old King's Head, Kirton, Lincolnshire
cherry wine (Denmark) Kirsch (Germany, Switzerland) Coconuts or palm palm wine: arrack, lambanog (Sri Lanka, India, Philippines) Gouqi: gouqi jiu (China) gouqi jiu (China) Ginger with sugar, ginger with raisins ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger wine: Grapes: wine, Cachina (Perú)
Ginger beer originated in England in the 1800s while ginger ale was founded in Ireland approximately 50 years later before it was modernized in 1907 by John McLaughlin. [14] Original ginger beer contains 11% alcohol, but modern ginger beer contains less than 0.5% alcohol while modern ginger ale has absolutely no alcohol content. [15]
Other drinks called "wine", such as barley wine and rice wine (e.g. sake, huangjiu and cheongju), are made from starch-based materials and resemble beer more than traditional wine, while ginger wine is fortified with brandy. In these latter cases, the term "wine" refers to the similarity in alcohol content rather than to the production process ...
Korenwijn (grain wine) and the oude (old) style of Geneva gin or Holland gin represent the most prominent gins of this class. [ 30 ] Column distilled gin evolved following the invention of the Coffey still , and is produced by first distilling high proof (e.g. 96% ABV) neutral spirits from a fermented mash or wash using a refluxing still such ...
A wine fault is a sensory-associated (organoleptic) characteristic of a wine that is unpleasant, and may include elements of taste, smell, or appearance, elements that may arise from a "chemical or a microbial origin", where particular sensory experiences (e.g., an off-odor) might arise from more than one wine fault.
2004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol [2]. Alcoholic drink – An Alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of an alcohol includes many other compounds.
A pot of simmering wassail, infused with citrus fruit slices and cinnamon sticks Wassailers in Shirehampton, Bristol. Wassail (/ ˈ w ɒ s əl /, /-eɪ l / WOSS-əl, -ayl) is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient English Yuletide drinking ritual and salutation either involved in door-to-door charity ...