This is a list of national liquors. A national liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation. This list is distinct from national drink, which include non-alcoholic beverages.
East Asia
- : Baijiu (including Kaoliang liquor) (sorghum, rice, wheat, barley, millet)
- : Kaoliang liquor (Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor and Matsu Kaoliang from Matsu Distillery)
- : ShÃ
ÂchÃ
« (including Awamori) (rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat), Japanese whisky
- : Pyongyang Soju
- : Soju (rice, barley, corn, potato, sweet potato)
- : Kumis (Airag)
Europe
- : Rakia
- : Inländer Rum & schnapps (fruit)
- : Krambambula
- : Jenever (malt and Juniper)
- : Rakija (fruit: apples, plums, pears)
- : Rakia (grapes, apricots, plums)
- : Rakija (fruit: plums, pears) and Pelinkovac
- : Zivania (wine or grape residue left over from winemaking) and Commandaria (sweet dessert wine)
- : Becherovka (herbs) or Slivovice (plums)
- : Akvavit (grain or potatoes)
- : Vana Tallinn
- : Koskenkorva Viina (grain (barley) and Finlandia vodka (barley)
- : Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy), Armagnac, Cognac,, Pastis, Chartreuse, Grand Marnier, Crème de cassis, absinthe
- : Schnapps (fruit) (in the South), Korn (in the North)
- : Raki (áñúï î áñúî), produced from fruit. Ouzo (distilled 96 percent pure ethyl alcohol and Anise). Crete: Tsikoudia (pomace raki). Mainland Greece: Tsipouro (pomace raki)
- : Unicum (herbs), Pálinka (fruit), Tokaji
- : BrennivÃÂn, aka âÂÂBlack Deathâ (potatoes)
- : Irish Whiskey (fermented mash of cereal grains), PoitÃÂn (malted barley grain)
- : Grappa (pomace and grape residue left over from winemaking), Limoncello, Amaretto, Amaro, Fernet, Mirto, Alchermes, Aperol, Campari, Cynar, Frangelico, Maraschino, Rosolio, Sambuca, Strega
- : Riga Black Balsam
- : Midus
- : Rakija and Mastika (Typically, red and/or white grapes. Plums used in some areas such as Kichevo. Mastika is anise and herb flavored rakija)
- : Rakija (Loza), produced from red grapes
- : Jenever (Malt and Juniper)
- : Akevitt (must be distilled from Norwegian potatoes and aged for a minimum of six months in oak casks to be labeled "Norwegian Akevitt", unlike Danish and Swedish akvavit, which is commonly grain-based and unaged)
- : Nalewka, Krupnik, Vodka (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet Molasses), and, during the era of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, mead
- : Madeira wine, Port wine, Ginjinha, Jeropiga, Licor Beirão, Bitter almond liqueur and Madeiran rum.
- : Ã
¢uicà(plums) or PÃÂlincà(fruit)
- : Vodka (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet molasses)
- : Rakija (Ã
¡ljivovica in particular)
- : Slivovica, BoroviÃÂka (juniper berries)
South America and Caribbean
North America
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
- : Sombai infused rice wine
- : Arak (Bali), Tuak (Sumatra & Java), Moke (Flores), Sopi (Ambon & Nusa Tenggara), Cap Tikus (Manado), Ballo (Toraja), Swansrai (Papua)
- : Lao-Lao () is a Laotian rice whisky produced in Laos. Along with Beerlao, lao-Lao is a staple drink in Laos.
- : Tuak
- : Gin (Ginebra San Miguel), Lambanog
- : Lao Khao, Sato, Mekhong whiskey (95% sugarcane/molasses and 5% rice), Mekhong, Namtanmao, Sang Som
- : Rðợu ÃÂế (glutinous or non-glutinous rice) and Rðợu thuá»Âc (herbs and raw animals)
West Asia
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