SPIRITS

GIN

a colorless alcoholic beverage made by distilling or redistilling rye or other grain spirits and adding juniper berries or aromatics such as anise, caraway seeds, or angelica root as flavoring.

VODKA

originally distilled from fermented wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or potatoes.

RUM

distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.

WHISKEY

distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.

TEQUILA

an alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

BRANDY

an alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

LIQUEURS

Liqueurs are flavored spirits prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents.

WINES & CHAMPAGNE

RED WINE

wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes.

WHITE WINE

any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; — distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy.

ROSE WINE

pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began.

CHAMPAGNE

a sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne.

SPARKLING WINE

any of various effervescent wines, such as champagne, produced by a process involving fermentation in the bottle.

VERMOUTH

a sweet or dry fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and used chiefly in mixed drinks.