What are the different brands of vodka, gin, bourbon?!
What are the different brands of vodka, gin, bourbon?
I need to learn the different brands of liquior in order to be a bartender, does anyone know where I can find this information?
THANK YOU!
Answers:
Since your question is so broad here is a small list of some of the better quality of each.
Vodka - Grey Goose, Belvedere
Gin - Bombay is probably the smoothest and Tangaray is probably the dryest.
Bourbon - I assume you mean Kentucky style Bourbon-Whisky. Bourbon, scotch, and whiskey are all really the same thing just called by different names depending on where and how they are made. The smoothest Bourbon-Whisky is probably Maker's Mark but the most popular is Jack Daniels or Jim Beam.
Good luck learning ALL the brands but if you are bartending you should at least know these.
try going on you liquor or beer store web sites...we have them in Canada i don't no where your located but here is one. www.lcbo.com good luck
Um, how about just walking the liquor aisle of the grocery store?
Your question is way too general. The answer is hundreds and hundreds of names long.
www.miss-charming.com is a great site
webtender.com is also a great site.
When I first started bartending, I learned A LOT from Miss Charming's site.
There is soooooo much useful info on her site that if you never left it for a week, you would still be learning. Also, I would enter vodka, gin, and bourbon into a yahoo search and look at the manufacturers that come up.
Good luck to you!
Vodka can be made from anything. You could ferment your old smelly socks and get something close to Vodka. Gin is English. Despite coming from a small country, there are many varieties of distilleries that make it. Bourbon is Whiskey brewed in Bourbon county in Kentucky.
That's what you need to know. To know every brand, will take you a lifetime of sampling and many years of bartending. That's what makes this line of work so great. The variety. What is the only make for someone will turn the nose of someone else. What your asking is very hard to answer. You're best bet is to go to liquor store websites and spend a few hours going over every bottle.