Brandy, which is liquor distilled from wine (and sometimes the fermented juice of other fruits), is produced in every country where grapes grow.

The origins of arak remain obscure, although aniseed-flavored liquor distilled from grapes exists in some form all around the Mediterranean.

Another one of his men had already poured half of a pint of shochu, a Japanese liquor distilled from potatoes, into the guard's mouth.

Brännvin is a Swedish word for liquor distilled from potatoes, grain, or (formerly) wood cellulose; it may be flavored or unflavored.

When the review was over we went to the Count's house, and there, for the first time in my life, I tasted kirschwasser, a very strong liquor distilled from cherries.

The upper level is a less formal cafe with a long bar that serves, among other things, eight varieties of flavored aquavit, the high-octane Scandinavian liquor distilled from potatoes.

A. By some accounts, the first liquor distilled in the United States was brewed on Staten Island in 1640.

It was a colloquial term popular in late 19th Century Paris, referring to a shop selling cheap liquor distilled on the premises.

The liquor, distilled from the sap of the agave plant, must be produced in Mexico to be called tequila.

During introductions, we were offered welcome caipirinhas, the Brazilian drink made with limes, sugar and cachaca, a fiery liquor distilled from sugar cane.