Drink

Keywords

  • Alcoholic proof
  • Alcohol by volume

Beer

Draught beer (生啤酒)

Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as keg beer.

Wine

Cider (苹果酒)

Sherry (雪利酒)

Port (波特酒)

Champagne (香槟)

Brandy (白兰地)

  • Armagnac (雅文邑)
  • Cognac (干邑)

Liquor (Spirits)

distilled alcoholic beverage

Vodka (伏特加)

  • The European Union has established a minimum alcohol content of 37.5% for vodka. Vodka in the United States must have a minimum alcohol content of 40%.
  • Vodka is traditionally drunk “neat” (not mixed with water, ice, or other mixers), and it is often served freezer chilled in the vodka belt of Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine. It is also used in cocktails and mixed drinks, such as the vodka martini, Cosmopolitan, vodka tonic, screwdriver, greyhound, Black or White Russian, Moscow mule, Bloody Mary, and Caesar.

Absinthe (苦艾酒)

  • 饮用苦艾酒通常会加糖，糖用来抵消苦艾酒柔和的苦味。对于很多苦艾酒爱好者來說，一杯优质的苦艾酒是不可以加糖的，但有时可以根据口味不同略微添加些糖，以增加酒水的风味。大多数瑞士的苦艾酒厂牌推荐他们的产品不加糖饮用。

Rum (朗姆酒)

  • Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice.

Whisky (威士忌)

  • Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.

Liqueur

A liqueur is an alcoholic drink composed of spirits (often rectified spirit) and additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices. Often served with or after dessert, they are typically heavily sweetened and un-aged beyond a resting period during production, when necessary, for their flavors to mingle.

Cocktail

Martini (干马天尼)

Punch (潘趣酒)

Alcohol preferences in Europe

Alcohol preferences in Europe vary from country to country between beer, wine or spirits. These preferences are traditionally associated with certain regions. Hence, the Central European pattern of alcohol consumption is associated with beer-drinking, the Mediterranean pattern with wine-drinking and the Eastern or Northern European pattern with spirit-drinking countries.