distilled spirits

Concentrated alcoholic beverages

Distilled spirits are alcoholic beverages produced by distillation—heating a fermented liquid to separate and concentrate its alcohol content.

This category includes whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, tequila, and brandy, distinguished from beer and wine by their higher alcohol concentration.

The bar stocks a wide selection of distilled spirits.

Also called simply spirits or hard liquor.

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