Types of hard liquor

Each of the six types of liquors has a unique flavor profile that pairs well with different non-alcoholic ingredients and other kinds of alcohol.

See synonyms for hard liquor on Thesaurus.com. Distilled alcoholic beverages, such as gin or whiskey. For example, We’re serving wine and pint but no hard liquor. The hard here refers to their high alcoholic content, which is also true for hard cider, although the latter is not distilled but has simply fermented.

The four types of alcohol are ethyl, denatured, isopropyl and rubbing. The one that we know and love the best is ethyl alcohol, also called ethanol or grain alcohol. It’s made by fermenting sugar and yeast, and is used in pint, wine, and liquor. Ethyl alcohol is also produced synthetically.

With a whopping 95% abv, Spirytus Vodka is the strongest commercially-available spirit in the world.

Spirytus Rektyfikowany

It’s from Poland and it’s crazy strong. With an alcohol content of 95% and a 100% chance that it’ll destroy your throat if taken neat, Spirytus is thought to be more potent than Everclear. It literally takes your breath away… like when you’re punched in the stomach.

Is Whisky worse than vodka? Some researchers say that whiskey is more harmful than vodka, because it contains more admixtures (for example, essential oils, which are not removed after distillation). Scientists concluded that in excessive doses any liquor can be harmful, but vodka is the most harmful.

Tequila must have an ABV content of 35% to 55%, whilst vodka can be as strong as it likes as long as it’s over 40% to be sold in America. In terms of taste, the strength of the drink is determined by how you drink it. As most people drink tequila neat or as a shot, some would argue that tequila is the stronger liquor.

It’s gluten-free

For those who are avoiding grains, tequila ranks among the safest spirits you can drink. It’s distilled from agave (which is a fruit) and there’s not a trace of wheat or barley.

Dulce Vida is an Austin-based company that makes a full line of 100 percent organic tequilas bottled at 100–proof. The highland-grown agave is bright and floral, providing the blanco expression with a lemony, minty nose with hints of green olive and grassiness on the palate.