ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGES
• ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS ANY POTABLE
( DRINKABLE) LIQUID CONTAINING ETHYL
ALCOHOL. IT MAY HAVE AS LITTLE AS ½ BY
VOLUME OR AS HIGH AS 95%.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONSIST OF WINES,
DISTILLED SPIRITS, LIQUERS AND BEER.
SPIRITS
• ARE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT ARE OBTAINED BY
DISTILLATION, AFTER THEIR FERMENTATION FROM
VEGETABLES, GRAINS, PLANTS AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE SUGAR OR STARCH BOUND.
• DISTILLATION- IS A PROCESS OF SEPARATING ALCOHOL FROM WATER
VIA EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION, THE BASE ALCOHOL IS
HEATED AND CERTAIN PARTS OF IT ARE CAPTURED.

• FERMENTATION- IS A CHEMICAL REACTION WHERE YEAST OR

BACTERIA REACT WITH THE SUGARS IN THE OTHER INGREDIENTS TO
PRODUCE ETHANOL ( THE ALCOHOL IN THE DRINK) AND CARBON
DIOXIDE ( WHICH MEAN THE DRINK HAS BUBBLES)
• RUM
• PRODUCED IN MOST TROPICAL COUNTRIES
BECAUSE IT IS DISTILLED FROM SUGAR CANE AND
MOLLASESS. THIS SPIRIT IS NOW PRODUCED IN
COUNTRIES WHERE SUGAR CANE IS GROWN.
• RUM IS DISTILLED FOR NO LESS THAN 190 PROOF
OR 35-45 % BY VOLUME AND IS USUALLY BOTTLED
AT AS MUCH LOWER PROOF
• WHITE RUM-EX: TANDUAY RUM, BACARDI
WHITE AND RONRICO WHITE
• 2.GOLD RUM- EX: TANDUAY GOLD, AND
BACARDI GOLD
• 3. DARK OR BLACK RUM EX: BACARDI DARK,
TANDUAY DARK AND RONRICO DARK.
BRANDY
• DISTILLED FROM FERMENTED JUICE OF RIPE GRAPES OR OTHER
FRUITS IF MADE FROM OTHER FRUITS USUALLY AGED IN IN WOOD
SET CORK.
• BRANDY SERVED STRAIGHT IS A TRADITIONAL AFTER DINNER
DRINK. IT IS CUSTOMARILY PRESENTED IN A LARGE ROUNDED GLASS
OR SNIFTER WITH ICE WATER ON THE SIDE.IT CAN BE SERVED AS A
HIGHBALL DRINK
QUALITY AND AGING OF BRANDIES
• 3 STARS – AGED FOR 18MONTHS
• VS- STANDS FOR VERY SUPERIOR OR VERY SPECIAL- AGED
FOR 8MONTHS
• VSOP- MEANS VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE AGED FOR 4 ½
YEARS
• XO- AGED NOT LESS THAN 25-30 YEARS
WHISKY
• IS A GENERAL NAME FOR LIQUORS OF NOT LESS THAN 80% PROOF
DISTILLED FOR MASH OR GRAIN, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
SPIRITS.
• WHISKIES ARE EITHER:
• MALT WHISKY –MADE FROM A FERMENTED MASH CONSISTING OF
MALTED BARLEY
• GRAIN WHISKY- MADE OF UNMALTED BARLEY USING A MIXTURE OF
DIFFERENT CEREAL GRAINS.
WHISKIES MAYBE SERVED AS
FOLLOWS
• IN A SHOT GLASS OR OTHER SMALL GLASS WITH A GLASS OF WATER
ON THE SIDE
• ON THE ROCKS , SERVED IN A ROCK GLASS FILLED WITH ICE CUBES,
WITH WHISKY POURED OVER THE GLASS.
• HIGHBALL LIKE IN THE CASE OF SCOTCH SODA

• WHISKY DRINKS COULD BE SERVED BEFORE , AFTER OR BETWEEN

MEALS BUT ARE USUALLY NOT OFFERED WITH MEAL.
VODKA
• IS DERIVED FROM RUSSIAN WORD VODA MEANING
WATER IT IS A NEUTRAL SPIRIT DISTILLED FROM
POTATOES AND FILTERED THROUGH CHARCOAL.
RESULTING TO A NEUTRAL AROMA. UNLIKE OTHER
SPIRITS, THE VODKA DOES NOT HAVE ANY AROMA
NOR COLOR AND TASTE.
• VODKA IS A VERSATILE SPIRIT AND CAN BE MIXED WITH
A VARIETY OF FRUIT JUICES AND OTHER
INGREDIENTS,IT SHOULD BE CHILLED IF SERVED
STRAIGHT UP.
 TEQUILLA
• TEQUILA HAS VERY UNUSUAL AND DISTINCTIVE
TASTE. THE FLAVOR IS SOMEWHERE HERBACEOUS ,
GRASSY AND VEGETAL IN NATURE IT CONTAINS A
MINIMUM OF 80 PROOF ALCOHOL. THIS SPIRIT IS
MOSTLY USED IN MIX DRINKS LIKE MARGARITA .
• SOME PREFER TO DRINK IT STRAIGHT UP ALONG
WITH SALT AND SLICE OF LIME OR LEMON ON THE
SIDE.
GIN
• IS A SPIRIT FLAVORED WITH JUNIPER BERRIES. IT CAN
EITHER BE DISTILLED OR COMPOUNDED SPIRIT THE
ALCOHOL CONTENT IS BETWEEN 34%- 47%.
• GIN IS ORIGINATED AS MEDICINAL LIQUOR.
LIQUEUR
• IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD “LIQUEFACERE” WHICH
MEANS TO DISSOLVE OR TO MELT. THAT IS WHY LIQUERS ARE
SAID TO BE IDEAL AS AFTER DINNER DRINK AS THEY DISSOLVE
OR NEUTRALIZE THE AFTER TASTE OF FOOD TAKEN DURING
MEALS.
• THE AROMA FLAVOR AND TASTE OF CORDIALS AND LIQUEURS
ARE PRODUCED BY THE ADDITION OF HERBS , SEED, BARK ,
ROOTS AND FLOWER.
• EX: CRÈME DE MENTHE , KAHLUA , CRÈME DE
CACAO,CURACAO, TRIPLE SEC.
• APPROXIMATE ALCOHOLIC
STRENGTH OF PRINCIPAL DRINKS
ARE:
• BEER- 4% TO 11% BY VOLUME
• TABLE WINES -7% TO 14% BY VOLUME
• FORTIFIED WINES- 18% TO 21% BY VOLUME
• BRANDY- 40% BY VOLUME
• WHISKY, GIN, RUM, VODKA 40-45% BY VOLUME
• LIQUERS- AVERAGE 35% BY VOLUME
BEER
• ONE OF THE OLDEST TYPES OF ALCOHOLIC DRINK IN THE
WORLD AND THE MOST WIDELY CONSUMED, IT IS THE
THIRD MOST POPULAR DRINK

• SCANDINAVIAN REFER TO IT AS BIER

• ENGLISH IT IS CALLED BEER
• SPANISH IT IS POPULARLY KNOW AS CERVEZA
• BEER IN THE PHILIPPINES IS MAINLY PRODUCED BY TWO LARGE
BREWERIES, SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION WHICH PRODUCE SAN
MIGUEL PALE PILSEN AND ASIA BREWERY
 TYPES OF BEER
• ALE- A STRONG BEER WITH HIGH
ALCOHOL CONTENT IT IS HIGHLY
FERMENTED AND TASTES A LITTLE
BITTER AND HOPPY.
 LAGER
• IS A BOTTOM FERMENTED BEER STORED AT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME , USUALLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
PILSNER
• IS A LIGHT HOPPY AND DRY LAGER