a colorless alcoholic beverage made by distilling or
redistilling rye or other grain spirits and adding juniper
berries or aromatics such as anise, caraway seeds, or angelica
root as flavoring. VODKA - originally distilled from fermented
wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or
potatoes. RUM - distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings
of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the
lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially
as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
WHISKEY - distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in
Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States,
whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in
Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. an
alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the
Central American century plant Agave tequilana. BRANDY - an
alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented Liqueurs are
flavored spirits prepared by infusing certain