Beverage Menu Knowledge

BEER
Brewed and fermented beverage made from malted barley and flavored with hop.
Ingredient : malted grain and cereal, water sugar yeast, hops.

BEER BRANDS
1. Anchor Beer (Singapore/Malaysia)
alcohol content : 3.40%
2. Carlsberg ( Denmark)
alcohol content : 4.20%
3. Tiger (Singapore/Malaysia)
alcohol content : 4.50%
4. Heineken (Holland/Hongkong)
alcohol content : 5.00%
5. Foster's (Australia)
alcohol content : 4.90%
6. Budweiser (USA)
alcohol content : 3.90%
7. San Miguel (Philippine)
alcohol content : 5.00%
8. Asahi (Japan)
alcohol content : 5.00%
9. Guinness Stout (Ireland/Singapore)
alcohol content : 8.00%


VODKA
Neutral spirit which are distilled and filtered through and treated with charcoal or other material also as to be without distinctive character, aroma, and taste and colour.
Ingredient : rye, corn, barley, wheat, grapes and sugar canes.
BRANDS : Borzoi (UK), Absolut (Sweden), Smirnoff (USA), Stolichnaya (Russia).


TEQUILA
Mexican spirit made from fermented and distilled sap of cactus like agave plant called blue mazcal. Made in town called Tequila (Mexico).
 Brands : Sauza Gold, Camino, Mariachi.

WHISKY/WHISKEY
Spirit made from distillation of fermented mash of grain, usually barley with wheat or corn which is aged in wood but not deliberately flavored.
Whisky - Scottish / Canadian
Whiskey - America / Ireland

TYPE
Scotland - Scotch Whisky
Canadian - Rye Whisky
Ireland - Irish Whisky
American - Bourbon , Tennesse Whisky

Ingredients : malt, barley, wheat, rye

Brands : Ballantine's, Cutty Sark, Dewar's White, Johnny Walker, Glenfiddich, John Jameson, Canadian Club

BOURBON
Fermentation Technique - Sour mash
Stored in charred oak barrel, age 2 years to 4 years, 51% corn.
Examples : Maker's Mark, Wild Turkey
TENNESE
Made in Tennesse
Examples : Jack Daniels, Jim Beam.

BRANDY/COGNAC
Spirit that is obtained from the distillation of wine or fermented mash of fruit and age in wood.

COGNAC
Made in town of Cognac located in the center of region in Western France.

ALL COGNAC IS BRANDY BUT NOT ALL BRANDY IS COGNAC

 Examples : Courvosier , Hennesy, Martell, Otard, Remy Martin.

RUM
Spirit distilled from diluted sugar molasses from sugar cane.
Brands : Bacardi Light, Bacardi Gold, Lemon Hart, Captain Morgan.

GIN
Flavoring a neutral grain spirit with a variety of plant part - Angelica, Bitter Almond, Calamus Root, Caraway Seed, Cassia Bark, Cinnamon, Cariander Seed, Lemon and Orange Peel.
Brands : Beefeater, Bombay Sapphire, Gordon's.