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Drinks: Alcoholic | |
| advocaat | a liqueur containing rum and raw eggs. |
| aguardiente | a kind of Spanish or Portuguese brandy. [Sp. agua ardiente, burning water]. |
| akvavit aquavit | a Scandinavian spirit made from potatoes or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds. |
| alcohol | a liquid generated by the fermentation of sugar or other saccharine matter and forming the intoxicating element of fermented liquors. |
| alcool+ | a form of pure grain spirit distilled in Quebec. |
| alcopop | an alcoholic drink tasting like soft drink. |
| ale | a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew; (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp. barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops. |
| alexander | a kind of cocktail, as in brandy alexander. |
| alicant | a wine made near Alicante in Sapin. |
| amabile | of wines etc., sweet. |
| amaretto | a kind of liqueur flavoured with almonds. Pl. AMARETTOS. (AMARETTI also exists but it means macaroons flavoured with almonds). |
| amarone+ | a strong dry red Italian wine: AMARONES. |
| amontillado | a kind of sherry. Pl. AMONTILLADOS. |
| amoroso | a dark sweet sherry. Pl. AMOROSOS. |
| anisette | a cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. |
| aperitif | a drink taken as an appetiser. |
| applecart applejack | apple brandy, distilled from fermented apple juice. |
| arak arrack | a spirit made from TODDY. |
| armagnac | a dry brandy distilled in SW France. |
| ava kava kavakava | an aromatic plant of the pepper family; a narcotic drink prepared from this. |
| bacharach | a wine from Bacharach, on the Rhine. |
| barolo+ | a red Italian wine: BAROLOS. |
| beaujolais+ | a kind of wine: BEAUJOLAISES. |
| beer | an alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops. |
| beerily+ | (adv.) BEERY, like beer. |
| beeriness | the quality of being BEERY. |
| beery | like beer: BEERIER, BEERIEST. |
| beeswing | a crust found on old bottled port. |
| beeswinged | so old as to show BEESWING, a crust found on old bottled port. |
| bevvy bevy | an alcoholic drink; a drinking session. |
| bitter | a particularly foul-tasting variety of ALE; (verb) to make bitter. |
| bock | a strong German wine. |
| boilermaker | a drink of whiskey followed by a beer chaser. |
| bombo | cheap wine. Pl. BOMBOS. |
| bordeaux | a red or white wine from the Bordeaux region. Not to be confused with Bordeaux mixture, a mixture of lime and copper sulphate, used to kill insect pests on plants, which tastes slightly better. |
| bourbon | a kind of WHISKY. |
| brandy | a strong spirit distilled from wine, or from fermented fruit-juice; (verb) to mix or treat with brandy. |
| brewage | malt liquor; drink brewed. |
| brewski+ | beer: BREWSKIS or BREWSKIES. |
| brut | of wines, unsweetened, dry. |
| bub | a strong drink. |
| bubbly | champagne; (adj.) containing bubbles: BUBBLIER, BUBBLIEST. |
| bucellas | a white wine from Bucellas near Lisbon. Pl. BUCELLASES. |
| bullshot | a drink made of vodka and BOUILLON. |
| bumbo | a mixture of rum or gin, water, sugar and nutmeg. Pl. BUMBOS. |
| bummock | a brewing of ale for a feast. |
| burgundy | a French wine; its purply-red colour. |
| busera+ | a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from millet: BUSERAS. |
| cabernet | a dry red wine. |
| calabogus+ | a Canadian drink of rum, spruce beer and molasses: CALABOGUSES. |
| calvados | a French apple brandy. Pl. CALVADOSES. |
| cassis | a blackcurrant liqueur. Pl. CASSISES. |
| catawba | a light red variety of American grape; a rd wine made from it. [From the Catawba, a river in the Carolinas, USA]. |
| cava+ | a sparkling wine: CAVAS. |
| cerveza+ | beer: CERVEZAS. |
| chablis | a white wine made near Chablis, a town in France. |
| chambre | of wine, at room temperature (the e has an accent). |
| champagne | a posh fizzy wine, with very expensive bubbles. |
| champers | champagne. |
| chaptalise chaptalize | to add extra sugar to wine during its fermentation to increase its alcohol content. |
| chardonnay | a type of grape, orig. from the Burgundy region of France. |
| charneco | a kind of sweet wine. Pl. CHARNECOS. |
| chartreuse | an aromatic, usually yellow or green liqueur. [From La Grande Chartreuse, the name of the Carthusian monastery near Chartreuse in Grenoble where this liqueur was made]. |
| chianti+ | a dry red Italian wine: CHIANTIS. |
| chicha | a S. American liquor fermented from maize or cane sugar. |
| cider cyder | an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples. |
| ciderkin | a kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. |
| claret | a red wine, esp. one from the Bordeaux district of France; (verb) to drink claret: CLARETED, CLARETING. |
| classico | of wine, made from grapes grown in a certain part of Italy. |
| cocktail | a beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened; (verb) to dock a horse's tail. |
| cognac | a kind of brandy. |
| cointreau+ | a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring: COINTREAUS. |
| coldie+ | a cold can or bottle of beer: COLDIES. |
| collins | a type of COCKTAIL, as in vodka collins. Pl. COLLINSES. |
| cornbrandy | spirits made from grain; whisky. |
| cratur craythur+ | (coll.) whiskey. |
| cremant+ | of wine, moderately sparkling. |
| cru | (the grade or quality of wine produced in) a French vineyard or wine-producing region. Pl. CRUS. |
| curacao curacoa | a kind of liqueur. [From an island in the W. Indies where it was first made]. |
| cuvee | a vat of blended wine of uniform quality. |
| daiquiri daquiri | a cocktail containing rum and lime-juice. [From Daiquiri, a rum-producing district in Cuba]. |
| dop | a kind of brandy; (verb, obs.) to dip: DOPPED, DOPPING. |
| doux | of champagne, very sweet. |
| dram | a small amount of alcoholic drink; (verb) to drink a dram. |
| drappie drappy | a little drop, esp. of spirits. |
| dunder | the lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum. |
| eggnog | a hot or cold alcoholic drink with added egg and usu. milk. |
| eisel eisell esile | a kind of sour wine, that resembles vinegar even more than other wines. |
| eiswein | a sweet German wine made from grapes that have frozen on the vine. |
| emptings emptins | the yeasty lees of beer or cider. |
| enzian | a type of SCHNAPPS flavoured with gentian roots, drunk in the Tyrol. |
| espumoso | a sparkling wine. Pl. ESPUMOSOS. |
| feni | an alcoholic spirit produced in Goa from coconuts or cashew nuts. Pl. FENIS. Also FENNY. |
| fenny | an alcoholic spirit produced in Goa from coconuts or cashew nuts. Also FENI. (Adj.) like a fen: FENNIER, FENNIEST. |
| fining | a clarifying agent, esp. in wine-making. |
| fino | a type of light-coloured dry sherry; a glass or drink of such sherry. Pl. FINOS. |
| firewater | strong alcoholic spirits. |
| flor | a yeasty growth which is allowed to form on the surface of sherry wines and which gives them a nutty taste. |
| framboise | (Fr.) a brandy distilled from raspberries in the Alsace-Lorraine region. |
| frascati | a type of white wine. Pl. FRASCATIS. |
| frizzante | of wine, sparkling. |
| fusel | a nauseous mixture of alcohols in spirits distilled from potatoes, grain etc. [Not sure whether people in fact actually drink this, but nothing would surprise me]. |
| gallise gallisise gallisize gallize | in wine-making, to bring to standard proportions by adding water and sugar to an inferior must. |
| gamay | a variety of red grape; a dry red wine made from this. [From a French village]. |
| geneva | a spirit distilled from gin. |
| genevrette | a wine made from wild fruits flavoured with juniper berries. |
| geropiga jerepigo+ | a port substitute, consisting mainly of grape juice and brandy. [Port. jeropiga]. |
| gewurztraminer | a variety of Traminer grape grown esp. in the Rhine valley, Alsace, and Austria; the mildly spicy white wine made from this grape. |
| gibson | a MARTINI garnished with a cocktail onion. |
| gin | an alcoholic drink obtained by distillation and rectification of the grain of malted barley, rye, or maize, flavoured with juniper berries; (verb) to trap or snare. |
| ginny | flavoured with gin: GINNIER, GINNIEST. |
| glogg | a hot spiced drink: wine, brandy, and sherry, with raisins, almonds and orange peel. |
| gluhwein | a hot sweetened spiced red wine, as prepared in Germany. |
| grappa | a kind of grape spirit. [Ital. 'grape stalk']. |
| grasshopper | a cocktail made with creme de menthe,creme de cacao, and light cream. |
| grenadine | a pomegranate syrup, or similar, used in certain drinks. |
| grog | diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink; (verb) to extract the spirit from the wood of casks by soaking it in hot water. |
| gutrot rotgut | rough, cheap alcohol. |
| highball | whisky and soda with ice in a tall glass; (verb) to go at full speed. |
| hippocras | a kind of medieval hot spiced wine. Pl. HIPPOCRASES. |
| hock | a white Rhine wine; (verb) to pawn. |
| hogan hogen | strong liquor. |
| hokonui+ | illicit whisky: HOKONUIS. |
| homebrew+ | home-made beer. |
| hooch hootch | whisky or any strong liquor, esp. if illicitly acquired. |
| icewine+ | a dessert wine made from grapes frozen before harvesting. |
| jerepigo+ | see GEROPIGA. |
| julep | a cocktail of bourbon, sugar, and mint. [Persian gulab, rosewater]. |
| kava kavakava | see AVA. |
| kir | a wine and blackcurrant drink. [From Kir, the Frenchman said to have invented it]. |
| kirsch kirschwasser | an alcoholic spirit distilled, chiefly in Germany and Switzerland, from the fermented juice of cherries. |
| koumis koumiss koumys koumyss kumiss kumys | an intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk. |
| kummel | a cumin-flavoured liqueur. |
| kvas kvass quass | an alcoholic drink of low strength (actually given to children) made in Russia and E. Europe from cereals and stale bread. Pl. KVASES, KVASSES, QUASSES. |
| lager | a light beer traditionally matured for six months before use; (verb) to laager i.e. form a circle of wagons. |
| lambrusco+ | an Italian sparkling wine: LAMBRUSCOS. |
| lees | the sediment that settles at the bottom of a liquid, esp. a fermented liquid such as wine; dregs. |
| logjuice | bad port wine, as if coloured with logwood. |
| madeira | a white wine. |
| maderise maderize | of white wine, to become rusty in colour and flat in taste as a result of absorbing too much oxygen during maturation. |
| malmsey | a strong sweet wine. Also MALVESIE, MALVOISIE. |
| malted | a malted whisky. |
| malvasia | a type of grape from which MALMSEY is made. |
| malvasian+ | relating to a type of grape used to make malmsey. |
| malvesie malvoisie | see MALMSEY. |
| malwa+ | a Ugandan drink brewed from millet: MALWAS. |
| mampoer+ | home-made distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pear etc. |
| manhattan | a kind of cocktail. |
| manzanilla | a very dry, light sherry. |
| maraschino | a sweet liqueur distilled from maraschino cherries. Pl. MARASCHINOS. |
| marc | grapeskins and other refuse from wine-making. |
| margarita | a cocktail of tequila, lime and lemon-juice. |
| marsala | a kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily. |
| martini | a type of vermouth. Also, a cocktail consisting of gin and dry vermouth, sometimes with the addition of orange bitters. |
| mauby+ | a frothy beverage made from boiled tree-bark: MAUBIES. Also MOBBY, MOBBIE(+). |
| max | gin, the drink. |
| mead meath meathe meth | alcoholic liquor produced by fermenting a mixture of honey and water. |
| merlot | a light-bodied red wine. |
| mescal mezcal | a distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. |
| metheglin | a spiced or medicated variety of mead, originally peculiar to Wales. [Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg, medicina + llyn, liquor]. |
| mild | mild ALE. |
| mirin | a sweet rice wine used in Japanese cooking. |
| mobbie mobby | a frothy beverage made from boiled tree-bark. |
| mocktail+ | a cocktail without alcohol. |
| moonshine | illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit. |
| moselle+ | a German white wine from the Moselle valley. |
| mulse | boiled wine with honey. |
| muscadel muscatel muscadelle+ | a rich spicy wine derived from muscat grapes. |
| muscadet | a dry white wine. |
| muscat | a sweet white grape used for raisins and muscatel wine; muscatel wine itself. |
| negroni | an alcoholic beverage. Pl. NEGRONIS. |
| negus | a drink of wine, hot water and spices. [From Col. Francis Negus (d. 1732), its creator}. Pl. NEGUSES. |
| nog | an egg and alcohol drink; also, a wooden peg; (verb) to fix with nogs. |
| nogg | an egg and alcohol drink. |
| noyau | a liqueur made from brandy flavoured with bitter almonds or peach-stones. |
| oaked+ | relating to wine that is stored for a time in oak barrels before bottling. |
| oenomel oinomel | a beverage of ancient Greece consisting of wine and honey. [Gk. oinos, wine, + meli, honey]. |
| oloroso | a golden-coloured medium-sweet sherry. [Sp. oloroso, fragrant]. |
| ordinaire | vin ordinaire, table wine. |
| ouzo | an aniseed-flavored Greek liqueur. |
| overproof | stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol. |
| palinka+ | a type of apricot brandy from E. Europe. |
| pastis | a French aniseed-flavoured aperitif. Pl. PASTISES. |
| pernod+ | an aniseed-flavoured aperitif from France. |
| perry | a cider-like drink made from pears. |
| persico persicot | a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. |
| petillant | sparkling, used of wine. |
| pilsener pilsner | a light-coloured flavoursome variety of lager. |
| piment | a spiced sweetened wine. |
| pinot | a variety of grape; a wine made from this. |
| pisco | a Peruvian brandy. Pl. PISCOS. |
| plonk | inferior quality wine; (verb) to put down abruptly. |
| plottie | a spiced hot drink, such as mulled wine. Also PLOTTY. |
| plotty | a spiced hot drink, such as mulled wine. Also PLOTTIE. 2. (adj.) full of intrigue, as a novel: PLOTTIER, PLOTTIEST. |
| poitin+ | see POTEEN. |
| pombe | an African alcoholic drink. |
| port | a sweet fortified dessert wine; (verb) to carry, convey. |
| porter | a strong, dark-coloured, highly hopped beer; (verb) to work as a porter. |
| porty | tasting like port: PORTIER, PORTIEST. |
| poteen potheen potteen poitin+ | illicitly distilled Irish whisky. |
| pulque | a Mexican fermented drink made from agave. [Amer. Sp., f. Nahuatl puliúhki decomposed.] |
| quass | see KVAS. |
| quetsch | a spirit distilled from the fermented juice of plums. [Ger. dialect Quetsch, wild plum]. |
| rakee raki | a strong spirit distilled in Turkey, Yugoslavia, etc., from grain, usually flavoured with aniseed or other aromatics. |
| ratafee ratafia | a flavouring essence made with the essential oil of almonds; a cordial or liqueur flavoured with fruit-kernels; an almond biscuit or cake. |
| redeye | cheap whiskey; an overnight flight. |
| regmaker+ | a drink taken to relieve the effects of a hangover. |
| resinata | a Greek white wine. [L. resinata, resined]. |
| retsina | a Greek alcoholic drink. |
| rickey | an alcoholic beverage containing lime juice, gin and soda water. |
| riesling | a type of grape grown esp. in Germany; a dry white table wine produced from this. |
| rioja | a Spanish red wine. |
| rosiner+ | a strong alcoholic drink. |
| rotgut | see GUTROT. |
| rubby+ | rubbing alcohol, esp when mixed with cheap red wine: RUBBIES. |
| rum | spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white; (adj.) strange, queer: RUMMER, RUMMEST. |
| rumbo | grog. Pl. RUMBOS. |
| rumbullion | an older name for rum. |
| rumfustian | a hot alcoholic drink made from rum and various spices. |
| sack | dry white wine or sherry from Spain. |
| sake saki | a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice. |
| samshoo samshu | a spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. |
| sangaree | a summer drink consisting of lemon juice, claret, sugar, ice; any sweetened wine drink. |
| sangria | a Spanish wine punch. |
| sauterne | a white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France. |
| sazerac | a cocktail based on Pernod and whisky. |
| schiedam | holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands. |
| schnapps schnaps shnaps shnapps+ | a kind of brandy. |
| screwdriver | a kind of cocktail. |
| scrumpy | a kind of rough cider. |
| scuppernong | a native American grape from the region of the Scuppernong river; a sweet wine made from it. |
| seco | (of wine) dry. |
| sekt | a sparkling wine. |
| shandy | a mixture of beer or ginger beer and lemonade. |
| shandygaff | a mixture of strong beer and ginger beer. |
| sherris | sherry. |
| sherry | a fortified wine, originally from the Jerez region in S. Spain, usually drunk as an aperitif. |
| shicker shikker | (Aust. sl.) strong liquor; a drunk. |
| shypoo+ | liquor of poor quality: SHYPOOS. |
| simkin simpkin | an Urdu corruption of champagne. |
| skeechan | a kind of beer made by mixing malt liquor with treacle. [Gaelic caochan, fermented liquor]. |
| skokiaan | a strong home-brewed alcoholic liquor fermented with yeast. [From Zulu via Afrikaans]. |
| slivovic slivovica slivovitz slivowitz | a dry plum brandy. Pl. SLIVOVICES, SLIVOVICAS, SLIVOVITZES, SLIVOWITZES. |
| snifter | a small alcoholic drink; (verb) to sniff, snivel. |
| soave | an Italian white wine. |
| solera | a system of sherry production involving the blending of wines from different casks; the casks used in this process. |
| spatlese | a sweet white wine made from grapes harvested after the main vintage. Pl. SPATLESES or SPATLESEN. |
| spritzer | a drink of (white) wine and soda water. |
| spritzig | sparkling (of wine); (noun) a usu. sparkling white wine. |
| spumante | a sparkling white wine. |
| stalky | retaining a tannic, unripe taste from excessive contact with the grape-stalks during production: STALKIER, STALKIEST. |
| stengah | a drink of whisky and soda. [Malay sa-tengah, one half]. |
| stingo | a strong Yorkshire beer. Pl. STINGOS. |
| stout | a strong dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley. |
| stum | must, unfermented grape-juice; (verb) to doctor with stum. |
| sundowner | an alcoholic drink taken at sunset; (Aus. sl.) a loafer or tramp who arrives at a place in time for an evening meal but too late to do any work. |
| swipes | beer, esp. when poor or weak. |
| switchel | a drink made of molasses and water, sometimes flavoured with vinegar, ginger, or rum. |
| sylvaner | a German grape used in making white wine; the wine itself. |
| syrah | a red wine grape; wine made from this. [From the ancient Persian City of Shiraz, where the grape is supposed to have originated]. |
| taffia tafia | a liquor resembling rum distilled from the lower grades of molasses, refuse brown sugar, etc. |
| tanglefoot | whisky, intoxicating liquor. |
| taplash | bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. |
| tartar | a reddish, acid potassium bitartrate found in grape juice and deposited on the sides of wine casks. |
| tartarous+ | consisting of, containing or resembling TARTAR. |
| tawney tawny | a port of a rich orange-brown colour. |
| tequila tequilla | a Mexican alcoholic drink made from the agave plant. |
| tipper | a kind of ale (from Thomas Tipper, who brewed it in Sussex). |
| tipple | an alcoholic drink; (verb) to drink alcohol. |
| toddy | a drink made from spirits; also, the fermented sap of various palm trees, or a liquor made from this. [Hindi tari]. |
| trocken | of wine, dry. |
| underproof | containing less alcohol than proof spirit. |
| usquabae usque usquebae usquebaugh | whiskey. |
| valpolicella | a red or rosé wine made in the Val Policella district. |
| verdelho | (a white Madeira made from) a white grape orig. growing in Madeira. |
| vermouth vermuth | a drink with a white wine base, flavoured with wormwood and other herbs. |
| vin | wine. |
| vino | (Sl.) wine. Pl. VINOS. |
| vodka | an alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes etc. |
| vouvray | a French white wine. |
| waragi+ | a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from bananas: WARAGIS. |
| whiskey whisky | a spirit made by distilling fermented cereals, which is matured and often blended. |
| wine | an alcoholic drink produced by the fermentation of grapes with water and sugar. |
| winey winy | like or tasting of wine: WINIER, WINIEST. |
| winish | winy. |
| witblits | a strong home-distilled alcoholic spirit. [Afr. wit, white + blits, lightning]. |
| yaqona | another name for KAVA. |
| yill | ale. |
| zin | ZINFANDEL, a red wine. |
| zinfandel | a black wine-grape of California; the wine produced from this. |
| zombie | a drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur and fruit-juice. |
| zythum | a kind of beer made by the ancient Egyptians, highly commended by Diodorus Siculus. [Gk. zythos]. |