Meet the base of the cocktail
What is the base of the cocktail?
In fact, the base wine of a cocktail is the most important taste in a drink, that is, the taste of alcohol, and the most indispensable part of a drink, almost all cocktails are based on the base wine to add other ingredients for seasoning.
Classification of base wine?
We usually talk about the big Five (vodka, gin, whiskey, brandy, rum) or the big six (vodka, gin, whiskey, brandy, rum, Tequila), the difference being whether there is tequila or not.
The above pictures are Hennessy VSOP (Cognac), Black side (whiskey), Chivas (whiskey), of course, not cheap right...
Let's talk about each of these base wines individually
vodka
Vodka, a classic Russian spirit, favorite of the fighting nations, a warm current in winter series, distilled from corn, wheat, potatoes and other raw materials. Then add water to make a distilled wine of about 40-60 degrees. It basically smells like alcohol.
However, because of this reason, the flavor of vodka itself is not very strong, and it is very easy to make a delicious drink with any soft drink.
Common drinks can be mixed:
Screwdrivers, Moscow mules, Bloody Marys, the Shores of Passion
whiskey
Whisky or Whiskey, derived from the name "Water of life", is a line of grain distilled spirits that are not distilled solely from barley, most of which are aged in oak barrels. The grain has a strong flavor, and different whiskeys have completely different flavors.
Common drinks can be mixed:
Godfather, Manhattan, Jack Danny and Coke? Does that count...
Gin
Gin is also called geneva or gin
Grain distilled wine, adding to a variety of spices to make distilled wine, the flavor is more unified, but divided into several categories of wine flavor. Gin is often referred to as the first of the six basic cocktails.
Common drinks can be mixed:
Gin and tonic, Martini
Brandy
Brandy, a wine distilled and concentrated. In fact, it is not necessarily grapes, as long as all fruit wines can be called brandy. There is still the aging process, generally graded VS (more than three years), VSOP(more than four years old), Napoleon(more than six years old), XO(more than eight years old), Extra(more than 15 years old), in general, the older the aging, the darker the color...
Common drinks can be mixed:
B&B, Alexander Brandy
rum
Rum, sugar cane, or molasses fermented liquor; spicy, used by sailors and pirates. It has a caramel flavour and is an essential ingredient in cocktails.
Common can make wine
Eggnog, Free Cuba, Blue Hawaii
agave
I remember that in the past few years, there was not much to say about the six base drinks, but with the popularity of tequila in recent years, there are a lot of tequila mixers. Tequila, a line of distilled spirits from Mexico made from the core of agave grass. Agave has an aging process, but the barrels are unusually random and can even be bottled without aging (white), so the quality may vary greatly.
But tequila... Nice bottle.
Common concoctions:
Margaret
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