Give the gift of homemade booze: 23 easy recipes for DIY liqueur (2024)

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What is the name of homemade liquor? ›

In English, moonshine is also known as mountain dew, choop, hooch (abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit), homebrew, mulekick, shine, sneaky pete, white dog, white lightning, white/corn liquor, white/corn whiskey, pass around, firewater, and bootleg.

Vodka uses potatoes, or sometimes grains or beets. Tequila and mezcal both use the blue agave and other agave varieties. Rum uses sugarcane juice or molasses. Absinthe uses medicinal herbs and plants, including anise and fennel.

While individuals of legal drinking age may produce wine or beer at home for personal or family use, Federal law strictly prohibits individuals from producing distilled spirits at home (see 26 United States Code (U.S.C.) 5042(a)(2) and 5053(e)).

Contrary to liquors, liqueurs contain much more sugar and are often used as flavoring agent in a co*cktail. So simply said a liqueur is a liquor with added sugar, flavors, and often (though not always) has a lower proof. Examples of liqueurs are Curaçao Liqueurs, Disaronno, Bailey's, Amaretto, etc.

Freelance writer and co*cktail book author Colleen Graham is a seasoned mixologist who loves sharing her knowledge of spirits and passion for preparing drinks. Among the many distilled spirits available, there are just six base liquors: brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey.

Beer. Beer is the most consumed alcohol in the world. In fact, after water and tea, beer is actually the most popular drink in the world. According to reports, in the 2022 brewing year, global beer production ended up increasing slightly year-on-year by 1.3% to 1.89 billion hectolitres.

Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany

Proof: 192 (96% alcohol). This Polish-made vodka — the name translates to rectified spirit — is the strongest spirit for sale in the U.S. “It's like getting punched in the solar plexus,” one sampler told the New York Post.

Which alcohol smells the most? ›

Beer and wine, for example, are the least intoxicating drinks but will cause the strongest odor. A much stronger drink, such as scotch, will have a weaker odor. And vodka leaves virtually no odor at all.

Water. Water is the world's most consumed drink, however, 97% of water on Earth is non-drinkable salt water.

It is called Regina, inspired by an ancient medication recipe and it is all that a unique and extremely hand-made liqueur should be. An infusion of secret herbs and vegetables where onion is the characteristic ingredient, known since ancient times for its antibiotic properties.

Little attention was paid to detail, because this practice of making your own booze (alternatively known in the US as hooch, mountain dew, white whiskey, homebrew and white lightning) was to skirt Prohibition, and the 18th amendment of the Constitution banned it.

Moonshine is defined as a homemade, un-aged whiskey, marked by its clear color, corn base, and high alcohol content (sometimes peaking as high as 190 proof). Traditionally, it was produced in a homemade still and bottled in a mason jar.

Ethyl Alcohol is shortly known as Ethanol mainly gets its roots from the ground and is popularly associated with grains. It can be fermented from ethyl alcohol sources like grains, corn, barley, wheat, etc. essentially anything with high starch value hence it is also known as grain alcohol.