List of national liquors

A bottle of Canadian whisky

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.

Georgian chacha

Argentine 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.

This is a list of national liquors. A national liquor is an alcoholic drink considered a standard and respected adult beverage in a given country. While many such drinks status may be informal, there is usually a general consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in said nation. This list is distinct from national drinks, which include non-alcoholic beverages.

By country

• Albania: rakia^[1]
• Argentina: wine,^[2] fernet
• Armenia: wine, oghi
• Australia: beer (VB, XXXX, Coopers), rum (Bundaberg)^[3]
• Austria: Schnapps^[4] (fruit)
• Barbados: rum^[5] (sugarcane)
• Belarus: Krambambula
• Belgium: Jenever^[6] (malt and juniper) and beer^[7] (malted barley & other cereal grain)
• Belize: rum^[8] (sugarcane), Belikin (beer)
• Bermuda: Black Seal Rum and the Dark 'N' Stormy^[9]
• Bolivia: Singani^[10] (Muscat grapes)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rakija (fruit: apples, plums, pears)
• Brazil: cachaça^[11] (sugarcane) and caipirinha^[12][13] (cachaça with sugar and lime)
• Bulgaria: rakia^[14] (grapes, apricots, plums), wine (Southern Bulgaria; Mezzek), beer (cereal grain)
• Cambodia: Sombai ^[15] (Sraa Tram / infused rice wine with the krama, Cambodian national cloth, on the bottle neck)
• Canada: Canadian rye whisky and beer^[16]
• Chile: Wine, Pisco^[17] (grapes; in contention with Peru^[18])
• China: Moutai^[19] (Sorghum)
• Colombia: Aguardiente^[20]
• Costa Rica: Guaro (sugarcane); Cerveza Imperial, the country's iconic beer
• Croatia: Rakija^[21] (fruit: plums, pears)
• Cuba: Mojito^[22] (white rum, sugar, lime, sparkling water and mint)
• Cyprus: Brandy Sour^[23]
• Czech Republic: Becherovka^[24] (herbs) or Slivovice^[25] (plums) and beer
• Denmark: Akvavit (grain or potatoes) (basically Scandinavian Schnapps)
• Dominican Republic: rum (Brugal) and Mamajuana
• Ecuador: Aguardiente (sugarcane)
• Egypt: Bouza (beer made out of fermented wheat bread)^[26]
• El Salvador: Tíck Táck or Torito^[27][28][29] (sugarcane), Pilsener beer^[30]
• Estonia: Vana Tallinn
• Ethiopia: Tej^[31]
• Finland: Koskenkorva Viina^[32] (grain (barley) and Finlandia vodka^[33] (barley), Sahti (grain, malted and unmalted, including barley, rye, wheat, and oats)
• France: brandies, (Calvados, an apple brandy from Normandy, Armagnac, Cognac),^[34] Champagne,^[7] Pastis, wine
• French West Indies: rum^[35] (sugarcane)
• Georgia: Georgian wine and chacha
• Germany: Schnapps^[6] (fruit) (in the South), beer, Korn (in the North)
• Ghana: Akpeteshie
• Greece: Ouzo^[36] (distilled 96 percent pure ethyl alcohol and anise)
  • Crete: Raki (pomace)
• Guatemala: Ron Zacapa Centenario
• Haiti: Rhum Barbancourt^[37] (sugarcane)
• Hungary: Unicum (herbs) or pálinka^[38] (fruit)
• Iceland: Brennivín, aka “Black Death” (potatoes)
• India: rum (Old Monk), feni (cashew or coconut), toddy (palm wine)
• Indonesia: arrack
• Iran: Aragh (Raisin Vodka)
• Iraq: arak (anise)
• Ireland: Irish Whiskey (fermented mash of cereal grains), Poitín^[6] (Malted barley grain or potatoes) and Stout^[39]
• Israel: arak (anise)^[40]
• Italy: Grappa^[6] (pomace and grape residue left over from winemaking), wine and Limoncello, wine
• Jamaica: rum^[41][42] (sugarcane)
• Japan: Shochu^[41] (rice), sake, Japanese whisky
• Jordan: arak (anise)
• Kenya: Dawa^[43] (vodka, honey, sugar, lime)
• Korea: Soju^[41] (rice, barley, corn, potato, sweet potato)
• Latvia: balsam
• Lebanon: arak^[44] (anise)
• Levant: arak (anise)
• Lithuania: Midus (a variant of mead )
• Macedonia: Rakija and Mastika (red grapes or plums)
• Malaysia: Tuak
• Mexico: tequila^[45] (Blue Agave), pulque, beer, mezcal, rompope, rum, Kahlúa, tepache and brandy^[46]
• Moldova: Wine produced from grapes
• Montenegro: Rakija (Loza), produced from red grapes
• Nepal: Chhaang made from rice, raksi, tongba made from millet, Jaand
• Netherlands: Jenever^[6] (malt and juniper)
• Nicaragua: rum (sugarcane)
• Norway: Akevitt (must be distilled from Norwegian potatoes and aged for a minimum of six months in oak casks to be labeled "Norwegian Akevitt",^[47] unlike Danish and Swedish akvavit, which is commonly grain-based and unaged)
• Panama: Seco Herrerano (sugarcane)
• Peru: Pisco^[17] (grapes; in contention with Chile^[18])
• Philippines: palm wine, Lambanog, Basi
• Poland: vodka^[48] (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet Molasses) and mead (fermented honey)
• Portugal: port wine, Ginjinha or Jeropiga
• Puerto Rico: rum, Pitorro, piña colada
• Romania: Ţuică^[49] (plums) or palinka (fruit)
• Russia: vodka^[7] (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: Borovička^[50] (juniper berries), TatraTea (herbal)
• South Africa: Amarula (cream liqeur)
• Spain: sherry (brandy-fortified Spanish wine)^[41] and Sangria^[22] (wine punch)
  • Asturias: alcoholic cider^[51]
  • Catalonia: Cava^[52]
  • Navarre: Patxaran^[53]
• Sri Lanka: arrack (coconut)^[54][55]
• Sweden: Brännvin, Akvavit and Snaps
• Switzerland: Absinthe, Goldschläger, Pflümli and Kirsch
• Syria: arak (anise)
• Taiwan: Kaoliang
• Tanzania: Konyagi
• Thailand: Mekhong whiskey (95% sugarcane/molasses and 5% rice)
• Trinidad & Tobago: rum (sugarcane)
• Tunisia: Boukha^[49] fig brandy
• Turkey: Rakı^[49][56] (twice-distilled Suma and anise)
• Uganda: Uganda Waragi (Ugandan gin)
• Ukraine: Horilka (Ukrainian vodka)
• United Kingdom - Lager and wine are the most consumed drinks, but others have cultural status:
  • England - Gin^[6] is a traditional southern, middle-class drink; almost always consumed in a gin and tonic. Cider, particularly Scrumpy, is associated with the West Country. Ale, or 'bitter' (and to others simply 'beer'), is a common local drink, particularly in the North of England.
  • Northern Ireland - Irish whiskey's popularity and "national" is uniform across the whole island of Ireland, and is as popular in Northern Ireland as in the Republic of Ireland.
  • Scotland - Scotch whisky, particularly Single malt whisky is considered the national drink of Scotland.
  • Wales - Single Malt Welsh Whisky (Penderyn Whiskey) but this is not as traditionally Welsh as beer especially from Brains Brewery.
• Uruguay: Grappamiel
• United States:^[57] (corn), American whiskey (especially Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey; also rye whiskey), "White Lightning" (Moonshine), beer (including American lager, American pale ale, and other styles of American beer), and wine (especially from the west coast states of California, Washington, and Oregon)
• Venezuela: rum^[58] (sugarcane) and Miche andino^[59] (brown sugar)
  • Cocuy^[60] is made from the stalk of agave cocuy baked and fermented in the desert regions of central western Venezuela.^[61]
  • Miche, a strong brandy used to drinking in the Andean region in stills craft, is obtained by the fermentation of panela (brown sugar) and is then distilled.
  • Yaraque is made from manioc or cassava (prepared yucca fiber). It is drunk by Amazon's indigenous communities Piaroa, Jivi, Bare, and Yekuana, among others. The preparation is to place cassava in a large bowl with water and leave it for several days until it is fermented.
• Vietnam: Rượu nếp (sometimes also called rượu nếp bắc or rượu nếp cẩm, literally "northern glutinous rice wine"), Rượu đế (distilled liquor from Vietnam, made of either glutinous or non-glutinous rice), Rượu cần (fermented rice wine produced in Vietnam), Rượu thuốc (literally "medicinal liquor"), snake wine, Bia hơi (type of draft beer popular in Vietnam)

See also

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

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