List of national liquors

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.

A bottle of the traditional Libyan and 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

Ouzo is an anise-flavored aperitif that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus, and a symbol of Greek culture.

"Very Old Rare Sherry", Pedro Ximenez by Garvey. Jerez de la Frontera (Andalusia, Spain), aged 30 years. Sherry is a national liquor of Spain.

Africa

•  Cabo Verde: Grogue
•  Ethiopia: Tej[1]
•  Ghana: Akpeteshie
•  Kenya: Dawa[2] (vodka, honey, sugar, lime), Changaa
•  Libya: Boukha (date or fig brandy)
•  Morocco: Mahia, made from either figs or dates and Aniseed
•  South Africa: Amarula (cream liqueur)
•  Tanzania: Konyagi
•  Tunisia: Boukha[3] (fig brandy)
•  Uganda: Waragi (Ugandan gin)
•  Zimbabwe: Chikokiyana, 7 days beer (Sorghum)

Central Asia

•  Kyrgyzstan: Vodka[4] (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes)

East Asia

•  China: Baijiu (including Kaoliang liquor)[5][6] (sorghum, rice, wheat, barley, millet)
•  Taiwan: Kaoliang liquor
•  Japan: Sake, Shōchū (including Awamori) (rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat), Japanese whisky
•  North Korea: Pyongyang Soju[7]
•  South Korea: Soju[8] (rice, barley, corn, potato, sweet potato)
•  Mongolia: Kumis (Airag)

Europe

•  Albania: Rakia [9]
•  Austria: Inländer Rum & schnapps[10] (fruit)
•  Belarus: Krambambula
•  Belgium: Jenever (malt and Juniper)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rakija (fruit: apples, plums, pears)
•  Bulgaria: Rakia[11] (grapes, apricots, plums)
•  Croatia: Rakija[12] (fruit: plums, pears) and Pelinkovac
•  Cyprus: Zivania (wine or grape residue left over from winemaking) and Commandaria (sweet dessert wine)
•  Czech Republic: Becherovka[13] (herbs) or Slivovice[14] (plums)
•  Denmark: Akvavit (grain or potatoes)
•  Estonia: Vana Tallinn
•  Finland: Koskenkorva Viina[15] (grain (barley) and Finlandia vodka[16] (barley)
•  France: Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy); Armagnac and Cognac,[17][18] Pastis
•  Germany: Schnapps (fruit) (in the South), Korn (in the North)
•  Greece: Ouzo[19] (distilled 96 percent pure ethyl alcohol and Anise)
  • Crete: Raki (pomace)
•  Hungary: Unicum (herbs), Pálinka[20] (fruit), Tokaji
•  Iceland: Brennivín, aka “Black Death” (potatoes)
•  Ireland: Irish whiskey (fermented mash of cereal grains), Poitín (malted barley grain or potatoes)
•  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)[21]
•  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",[22] unlike Danish and Swedish akvavit, which is commonly grain-based and unaged)
•  Poland: Nalewka, Krupnik, Vodka[23] (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[3] (plums) or Pălincă (fruit)
•  Russia: Vodka[18] (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet molasses)
•  Serbia: Rakija (šljivovica (damson plums)), Lozovača (pomace and grape residue left over from winemaking) and Vinjak
•  Slovakia: Slivovica,[24] (Borovička) (juniper berries)

Patxaran, a sloe berry liqueur

•  Spain: Sherry (brandy-fortified Spanish wine)[8]
  • Navarre: Patxaran[25]
•  Sweden: Brännvin, Akvavit, Snaps and Punsch
•   Switzerland: Absinthe, Goldschläger, Pflümli, Kirsch
•  Ukraine: Horilka (Ukrainian vodka), Hrenovuha
•  United Kingdom:
  •  England : Gin (south) Whiskey (north)
  •  Northern Ireland : Irish whiskey
  •  Scotland : Scotch whisky, particularly Single malt whisky is considered the national drink of Scotland.
  •  Wales : Welsh whiskey

Latin America

•  Argentina: Wine,[26] fernet con coca (cocktail),[27] hesperidina (apéritif)
•  Barbados: Rum[28] (sugarcane molasses)
•  Belize: Rum[29] (sugarcane molasses)
•  Bolivia: Singani[30] (muscat grapes)
•  Brazil: Cachaça[31] (sugarcane)
•  Chile: Pisco[32] (grapes; in contention with Peru[33])
•  Colombia: Aguardiente[34]
•  Costa Rica: Guaro (sugarcane)
•  Cuba: Rum (sugarcane molasses)
•  Dominican Republic: Rum and Mamajuana
•  Ecuador: Aguardiente (sugarcane)
•  El Salvador: Guaro (sugarcane)
• French West Indies: Rum[35] (sugarcane)
•  Guatemala: Rum, and Cusha
•  Haiti: Rum, and Clairin (sugarcane)
•  Honduras: Guaro
•  Jamaica: Rum[8][36] (sugarcane)
•  Mexico: Tequila[37] (blue agave), Mezcal, Pulque, and Brandy[38][39]
•  Nicaragua: Rum (sugarcane)
•  Panama: Seco Herrerano (sugarcane)
•  Paraguay: Caña blanca (sugarcane)

Pisco

•  Peru: Pisco[32] (grapes; in contention with Chile[33])
•  Puerto Rico: Pitorro, Rum
•  Trinidad & Tobago: Rum (sugarcane)
•  Uruguay: Grappamiel (grape pommace, honey), Grappa (grape pommace, originally Italian), espinillar (sugar cane)
•  Venezuela: Rum[40] (sugarcane), Miche andino[41] (brown sugar) and cocuy[42][43] (agave cocui)

Northern America

•  Bermuda: Rum
•  Canada: Canadian rye whisky
•  United States:[44] American whiskey, bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, rye whiskey, and moonshine
  •  Puerto Rico: Rum, Pitorro

Oceania

•  Australia: Bundaberg Rum

South Asia

•  Bangladesh: vodka and brandy from Carew, toddy (palm wine) (pronounced tari in Bengali)
•  India: Rum (Old Monk), Feni (Cashew or coconut), Toddy (palm wine), tharra
•    Nepal: Raksi
•  Sri Lanka: Pol Arrack, Gal Arrack, King Coconut Kasippu, King Coconut Wedding Vine, Pol Ra - coconut toddy and Thal Ra - palm toddy

Southeast Asia

Painted bottles of Sombai Liqueur with pictures of Angkor temples

•  Cambodia: Sombai [45] (Sraa Tram / infused rice wine with the krama, Cambodian national cloth, on the bottle neck)
•  Indonesia: Arak
•  Laos: Lao-Lao (Lao: ເຫລົ້າລາວ) is a Laotian rice whisky produced in Laos.[46][47] Along with Beerlao, lao-Lao is a staple drink in Laos.
•  Malaysia: Tuak
•  Philippines: Lambanog
•  Thailand: Sato, Mekhong whiskey (95% sugarcane/molasses and 5% rice), Rum (SangSom)(Chalong Bay), Brandy (Regency)
•  Vietnam: Rượu đế (glutinous or non-glutinous rice) and Rượu thuốc (herbs and raw animals)

West Asia

Toasting with rakı, in typical rakı glasses

•  Armenia: Oghi
•  Georgia: Chacha
•  Iran: Aragh sagi and Shiraz wein
•  Israel: Arak[48]
•  Jordan: Arak
•  Lebanon: Arak[49] (Anise)
• Levant: Arak
•  Palestine: Arak
•  Syria: Arak (Anise)
•  Turkey: Rakı[3][50] (twice-distilled Suma and Anise)

See also

• Alcoholic beverage
• Distilled beverage
• Ethanol
• Liqueur
• List of alcoholic beverages
• List of cocktails
• List of liqueurs
• List of national drinks
• List of vodkas
• List of whisky brands
• National dish

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Further reading

• López, Tracy (16 November 2012). "Mezcal vs. Tequila: National Mexican Liquor Faces Stiff Competition". Fox News Latino. Retrieved 20 May 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)