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.

East Asia : Baijiu (including Kaoliang liquor) (sorghum, rice, wheat, barley, millet) : Kaoliang liquor (Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor and Matsu Kaoliang from Matsu Distillery) : Shōchū (including Awamori) (rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat), Japanese whisky : Pyongyang Soju : Soju (rice, barley, corn, potato, sweet potato), Makgeolli, Cheongju : Kumis (Airag)

Europe

: Rakia : Inländer Rum & schnapps (fruit) : Krambambula : Jenever (malt and Juniper) : Rakija (fruit: apples, plums, pears) : Rakia (grapes, apricots, plums) : Rakija (fruit: plums, pears) and Pelinkovac : Zivania (wine or grape residue left over from winemaking) and Commandaria (sweet dessert wine) : Becherovka (herbs) or Slivovice (plums) : Akvavit (grain or potatoes) : Vana Tallinn : Koskenkorva Viina (grain (barley) and Finlandia vodka (barley) : Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy), Armagnac, Cognac,, Pastis, Chartreuse, Grand Marnier, Crème de cassis, absinthe : Schnapps (fruit) (in the South), Korn (in the North) : Raki (Ρακί ή Ρακή), produced from fruit. Ouzo (distilled 96 percent pure ethyl alcohol and Anise). Crete: Tsikoudia (pomace raki). Mainland Greece: Tsipouro (pomace raki) : Unicum (herbs), Pálinka (fruit), Tokaji : Brennivín, aka “Black Death” (potatoes) : Irish Whiskey (fermented mash of cereal grains), Poitín (malted barley grain) : Grappa (pomace and grape residue left over from winemaking), Limoncello, Amaretto, Amaro, Fernet, Mirto, Alchermes, Aperol, Campari, Cynar, Frangelico, Maraschino, Rosolio, Sambuca, Strega : Riga Black Balsam : Midus : Rakija and Mastika (Typically, red and/or white grapes. Plums used in some areas such as Kichevo. Mastika is anise and herb flavored rakija) : Rakija (Loza), produced from red grapes : Jenever (Malt and Juniper) : Akevitt (must be distilled from Norwegian potatoes and aged for a minimum of six months in oak casks to be labeled "Norwegian Akevitt", unlike Danish and Swedish akvavit, which is commonly grain-based and unaged) : Nalewka, Krupnik, Vodka (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet Molasses), and, during the era of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, mead : Madeira wine, Port wine, Ginjinha, Jeropiga, Licor Beirão, Bitter almond liqueur and Madeiran rum. : Ţuică (plums) or Pălincă (fruit) : Vodka (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet molasses) : Rakija (šljivovica in particular) : Slivovica, Borovička (juniper berries)

: Sherry (brandy-fortified Spanish wine) : Ratafia, Aromes de Montserrat : Patxaran : Brännvin, Akvavit, Snaps and Punsch : Absinthe, Goldschläger, Pflümli, Poire Williams, Kirsch : RakıFood and Drink in Turkey (twice-distilled Suma and Anise) : Horilka (Ukrainian vodka), Hrenovuha : : Cider (south) Whisky (north) : Irish Whiskey : Scotch Whisky, particularly Single malt whisky is considered the national drink of Scotland. : Welsh Whisky : Manx SpiritThe Isle of Man is one of the Crown Dependencies and is not legally part of the United Kingdom.

Latin America and Caribbean : Wine, fernet con coca (cocktail), hesperidina (apéritif) : Rum (sugarcane molasses) : Rum (sugarcane molasses) : Singani (muscat grapes) : Cachaça (sugarcane) : Pisco (grapes; in contention with Peru) : Aguardiente : Guaro (sugarcane) : Rum (sugarcane molasses) : Rum and Mamajuana : Aguardiente (sugarcane) : Chaparro French West Indies: Rum (sugarcane) : Rum, and Cusha : Rum, and Clairin (sugarcane) : Guaro : Rum (sugarcane) : Rum (sugarcane) : Seco Herrerano (sugarcane) : Caña blanca (sugarcane)

: Pisco (grapes; in contention with Chile) : Pitorro, Rum : Rum (sugarcane) : Grappamiel (grape pomace, honey), Grappa (grape pomace, originally Italian), espinillar (sugar cane) : Rum (sugarcane), Miche andino (brown sugar) and cocuy (agave cocui)

North America : Rum : Tequila (blue agave), Mezcal, Pulque, and Brandy : Canadian Whisky : Bourbon Whiskey

Oceania : Bundaberg Rum : Rum : Kava

South Asia

: vodka and brandy from Carew, toddy (palm wine) (pronounced tari in Bengali) : Rum (Old Monk), Feni (Cashew or coconut), Toddy (palm wine), tharra, Chandr Haas : Raksi, Chhaang : coconut Arrack, coconut Toddy and Palm Toddy

Southeast Asia

: Sombai infused rice wine : Arak (Bali), Tuak (Sumatra & Java), Moke (Flores), Sopi (Ambon & Nusa Tenggara), Cap Tikus (Manado), Ballo (Toraja), Swansrai (Papua) : Lao-Lao () is a Laotian rice whisky produced in Laos. Along with Beerlao, lao-Lao is a staple drink in Laos. : Tuak : Gin (Ginebra San Miguel), Lambanog : Lao Khao, Sato, Mekhong whiskey (95% sugarcane/molasses and 5% rice), Mekhong, Namtanmao, Sang Som : Rượu đế (glutinous or non-glutinous rice) and Rượu thuốc (herbs and raw animals)

West Asia

: Oghi : Chacha : Aragh sagi and Shiraz wine (historically, as alcohol consumption is currently banned for Muslims) : Arak, Tubi 60 : Arak : Arak (Anise) Levant: Arak : Arak : Arak (Anise) : Rakı (twice-distilled Suma and Anise)

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