1823 Spirit Type Code

Code identifying the type of spirit

Type
Identifier (ID)
Length
Min 2 / Max 3
Codes
CodeDescription
ABAbsinthe
It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from botanicals, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color, but may also be colorless.
AMArmagnac
Armagnac is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France
APApplejack
Applejack is a strong apple-flavored alcoholic drink produced from apples, popular in the American colonial era. The name derives from "jacking," a term for "increasing" (alcohol content) and specifically for "freeze distilling," the traditional method of producing the drink.
AQAquavit
Aquavit, or Akvavit, is a distilled spirit that is principally produced in Scandinavia. Aquavit is distilled from grain and potatoes, and is flavored with a variety of herbs.
ARArak Raki Ouzo
All three of ouzo, arak and the Turkish raki are distilled from the leftovers of vinication - grape seeds, stems, skins and the like.
BABaijiu
Baijiu, also known as shaojiu, is a category of at least a dozen Chinese liquors made from grain. Baijiu literally means "white (clear) alcohol" or liquor.
BIBitters
A bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter so that the end result is characterized by a bitter, sour, or bittersweet flavor.
BOBourbon
Bourbon whiskey is a type of American whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn.
BRBrandy
Brandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35-60% alcohol by volume (70-120 US proof) and is typically drunk as an after-dinner digestif.
CACachaca
Cachaca is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. Also known as aguardente, pinga, caninha, Marvada and other names, it is the most popular spirit among distilled alcoholic beverages in Brazil.
CLCalvados
Calvados is an apple or pear brandy from the Normandy region in France.
COCognac
Cognac is a variety of brandy named after the town of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
FRFruit Spirit
Fruit Spirit, also known as Eau de Vie (French for spirits), is a clear, colorless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and double distillation.
GEGenever
Genever is a clear, botanically rich, malted grain-based spirit that can only be made in Holland or Belgium. It is a blend of two or more distillates.
GIGin
Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavor from juniper berries.
GRGrappa
Grappa is an alcoholic beverage, a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35 to 60 percent alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof).
HUHuangjiu
Huangjiu, often translated as yellow wine, is a type of Chinese alcoholic beverage made from water, cereal grains such as rice, sorghum, millet, or wheat, and a qu starter culture.
KOKorn
Korn, also known as Kornbrand or Kornbranntwein, is a German colorless distilled beverage produced from fermented cereal grain.
MAMarc
Marc is distilled from what is left over after pressing the grapes used in wine production, including the skins, pulp, seeds.
MEMezcal
Mezcal, or mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.
OROrujo
Orujo is a pomace brandy from northern Spain. It is a transparent spirit with an alcohol content over 50% (100� proof).
PAPastis
Pastis is an anise-flavored spirit and aperitif from France, typically containing less than 100 g/l sugar and 40-45% ABV (alcohol by volume).
PIPisco
A white brandy made in Peru from muscat grapes.
RARum Agricole
Rum Agricole, or Rhum Agricole, is the French term for cane juice rum, a style of rum originally distilled in the French Caribbean islands, made from freshly squeezed sugar cane juice.
RKRakia
Rakia, Rakija, Arak, Raki or Ouzo, is the collective term for fruit brandy popular in the Balkans. It is colorless, unless herbs or other ingredients are added.
RURum
Rum is a distilled alcoholic drink made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels.
SASake
Sake, also known as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
SCSchnapps
Schnapps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, infusions, and flavored liqueurs made by adding fruit syrups, spices, or artificial flavorings to neutral grain spirits.
SHShochu
Shochu is a Japanese distilled beverage less than 45% alcohol by volume. It is typically distilled from rice (kome), barley (mugi), and sweet potatoes.
SMSambuca
Sambuca is an Italian anise-flavored, usually colorless, liqueur. Its most common variety is often referred to as white sambuca to differentiate it from other varieties that are deep blue in color (black sambuca) or bright red (red sambuca).
SOSoju
Soju is a clear, colorless distilled beverage of Korean origin.
TETequila
Tequila is made from the distillation of the juice from the blue agave plant.
TMTequila Mixto
Mixto tequila is tequila that is not 100% agave, and must first be mixed with sugar or molasses before fermentation begins.
TNTennessee
Tennessee whiskeys undergo a filtering stage called the Lincoln County Process, in which the whiskey is filtered through (or steeped in) a thick layer of maple charcoal before it is put into new charred oak barrels for aging.
VOVodka
Vodka may be distilled from any starch or sugar-rich plant matter. Most vodka today is produced from grains such as sorghum, corn, rye or wheat. Among grain vodkas, rye and wheat vodkas are generally considered superior.
WHWhisky
Whisky, or whiskey, is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.
ZZZMutually Defined

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