What's the difference between liquors?!

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Ok here goes with a sensible answer rather than most of what you have had previously

It's mainly, but not all, down to the base ingredient.

All distilled liquors are made from fermented fruits, vegetables or grains that are then distilled and it's this different base ingredient that changes what they end up as

Whisky = Distilled beer, fermented grain, that is then aged in wooden barrels for several years to get colour & flavour

Vodka = Many different kinds. Grain vodka is basically Whisky that has not been in barrels but been filtered several times, but there are also potato vodkas

Brandy = Distilled wine

Rum = Distilled from fermented molasses and/or sugar cane juice (white rum is like vodka to dark rums whiskey in that the difference is ageing in barrels)

nothing. besides the alcohol content. it really depends on your mood. if you're happy then whatever you drink will make you happy. the only real difference is the caloric difference. clear alcohol has less colories then the more colorful liquors.

mt badass self

Liquors are made out of different things. Vodka = potatoes, rum = sugar cane, gin = juniper berries, etc. Most hard liquors are 40% but there are small variations between brands. They also have a difference in flavour which can easily be noted by smelling or tasting them.

They are all about the same strength. They are made from different things: vodka - potatoes sometimes, brandy - grapes, rum - sugar cane etc. Just about anything that grows can be made into alcohol.

not much

Here's my SMARTASS answer :P


None...they all make you drunk.