Thursday, September 21, 2006
Pointless Potables
OK, probably not actually pointless, and I find this kind of stuff absolutely fascinating and I'm really only doing this because I thought the title was clever.
Info, once again courtesy of Wikipedia, which, as we found out last week, apparently rules.
I don't know why the tables always drop so far on the page, they don't do that when I preview. I really should learn how to write som HTML, or something.....
BOJ
| Source | Name of fermented beverage | Name of distilled beverage |
|---|---|---|
| barley | beer, ale | Scotch whisky |
| rye | rye beer | Rye whisky |
| corn | corn beer | Bourbon whiskey |
| wheat | wheat beer | Wheat whisky, Korn (Germany) |
| rice | sake, sonti, makkoli, tuak, thwon | shochu and awamori (Japan), soju (Korea), Huangjiu and Baijiu (China) |
| juice of fruits, other than apples or pears | wine (most commonly from grapes) | brandy, Cognac (France), Branntwein (Germany), Pisco (Peru/Chile) |
| juice of apples | ("hard") cider, apfelwein | applejack (or apple brandy), Calvados, cider, lambig |
| juice of pears | perry, or pear cider | pear brandy |
| juice of sugarcane, or molasses | basi, betsa-betsa (regional) | rum, cachaça, aguardiente, guaro |
| juice of agave | pulque | tequila, mezcal |
| juice of plums | plum wine | slivovitz, tzuica, palinca |
| pomace | pomace wine | tsipouro, raki, tsikoudia (Greece), grappa (Italy), Trester (Germany), marc (France), zivania (Cyprus) |
| honey | mead | distilled mead ("mead brandy" or "honey brandy") |
| potato and/or grain | potato beer | vodka: potato mostly used in Poland and Germany, otherwise grain or potato. A strong drink called aquavit or brännvin in Sweden, akvavit in Denmark and akevitt in Norway, and brennivín in (Iceland) is made from potato or grain. In Ireland, Poitín (or poteen) is a recently legalised drink made from potatoes. shochu (Japan) |
| Milk | Kumis | Araka |
Info, once again courtesy of Wikipedia, which, as we found out last week, apparently rules.
I don't know why the tables always drop so far on the page, they don't do that when I preview. I really should learn how to write som HTML, or something.....
BOJ
# posted by Blind Orange Julius @ 9:05 AM 
