Spirits

🇳🇱Netherlands

Dutch Gin

Jenever

Dutch spirit and predecessor to gin, distilled from malt wine and infused with juniper and herbs, with oude and jonge styles.

🇬🇾Guyana

El Dorado Rum

El Dorado

Demerara rum distilled at Diamond on the East Bank, including stills — a wooden Coffey and a double wooden pot — that exist nowhere else.

🇧🇪Antwerp, Belgium

Elixir d'Anvers

Herbal liqueur first blended by an Antwerp pharmacist in 1863.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

English Harbour Rum

Smooth, aged rum from Antigua Distillery; one of the two signature rums of Antigua, alongside the lighter Cavalier; a premium sipping rum; served neat or in a rum punch; the rum of the island; the English Harbour rum of Antigua; an aged rum.

🇨🇳Beijing, China

Erguotou

二锅头

Beijing's everyday sorghum baijiu, distilled twice and sold in squat green bottles; sharper and cheaper than Maotai, drunk in thimble-cup toasts.

🇧🇧Barbados

Falernum

A Barbadian sweet liqueur of lime, almond, clove and ginger in cane spirit, invented on the island and now a cocktail-bar staple worldwide.

🇫🇴Faroe Islands

Faroese Aquavit

Brennivín

Faroese aquavit (brennivín); a traditional Scandinavian spirit; consumed during festive occasions; a companion to the kalt borð; a warming drink in the cold climate; a feature of Faroese social gatherings; a part of the Nordic drinking culture.

🇮🇳Goa, India

Feni

फेणी

Cashew or coconut palm sap is fermented and distilled into a clear Goan spirit.

🇦🇷Córdoba, Argentina

Fernet

A bitter Italian herbal liqueur, drunk as a digestif or mixed with cola. In Argentina (especially Córdoba), it is

🇦🇷Córdoba, Argentina

Fernet con Coca

Argentina's most popular cocktail: bitter Italian fernet (usually Branca) mixed with Coca-Cola over lots of ice. A Córdoba invention and a national symbol, drunk at parties.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Fernet Stock

Fernet

A Czech bitter herbal spirit, often mixed with tonic

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fig Brandy

Smokvovača

Brandy distilled from dried Herzegovinian figs, sweeter and rounder than grape rakija and traditionally drunk warm in winter.

🇳🇮Nicaragua

Flor de Caña Rum

A Nicaraguan rum brand made by Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua, known for aged expressions produced at the foot of the San Cristóbal volcano and exported internationally.

🇧🇧Barbados

Foursquare Rum

Foursquare

Pot-and-column blended rum from a family distillery at St Philip, bottled without added sugar and released in dated Exceptional Cask marks.

🇦🇹Austria

Fruit Brandy

Obstler

Obstler is a clear Alpine fruit brandy distilled from apples, pears, plums, or mixed orchard fruit, especially associated with Austria and southern Germany.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Fränkisches Kirschwasser

Fränkisches Kirschwasser is a clear Franconian cherry brandy distilled from ripe sour cherries without added sugar.

🇩🇰Denmark

Gammel Dansk (Bitters)

Gammel Dansk

A Danish bitters liqueur with herbs and spices, a national and morning staple.

🇫🇷France

Genepi

Genepi is a named French spirit associated with France, served for its distinctive regional profile.

🇩🇪Baden-Württemberg, Germany

German Cherry Brandy

Kirschwasser

Clear distilled fruit spirit from sour cherries, produced in the Black Forest region as a geographically defined product.

🇭🇳Northern Honduras, Honduras

Gifiti

Garifuna bitters: roots, bark and herbs steeped in cane spirit for weeks until nearly black, drunk in shots as a tonic and a hangover cure.

🇵🇹Lisbon, Portugal

Ginjinha

Ginjinha is a sour-cherry liqueur macerated with sugar and served in Lisbon or Óbidos, often with a fruit in the glass.

🇵🇱Gdańsk, Poland

Goldwasser

Goldwasser is a liqueur from Gdańsk, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇧🇲Bermuda

Gosling's Black Seal Rum

Gosling's Black Seal

Bermuda's signature dark rum produced since 1806; aged in charred barrels, with notes of butterscotch, vanilla, caramel, and stewed fruits; essential ingredient in fish chowder, rum cake, and Bermuda cocktails; a Bermudian product.

🇮🇹Italy

Gran Gala

Gran Gala is a named Italian spirit from Trieste, defined by its local ingredients or grape, preparation, and balance of aroma, acidity, sweetness, or bitterness.

🇮🇹Italy

Grappa

Italian pomace brandy distilled from the skins, seeds, and stems left after winemaking. Strong, clear, and aromatic—drunk as a digestif or with espresso (caffè corretto).

🇺🇾Uruguay

Grappamiel

Grape marc spirit softened with honey into a sweet, warming liqueur drunk in winter.

🇨🇼Curaçao

Green Rum

Ròm Bèrdè

Ròm bèrdè (green rum); a traditional Curaçaoan drink; a local rum-based beverage; a feature of the island's culinary landscape; a popular local drink; a reflection of Caribbean rum traditions

🇬🇩Grenada

Grenadian Rum Agricole

Rum Agricole

Agricole-style rum from Grenada, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice rather than molasses; produced at River Antoine Estate since the 1700s; a nearly two-century-old water wheel powers the cane mill; the cane juice is processed the same way as in the 1600s; among the Caribbean's most traditional rums; the agricole rum of the Spice Isle; a historic spirit.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Grogue

Strong sugarcane rum distilled on Santo Antão and Santiago, made in small trapiche presses; the national spirit of Cape Verde.

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Guaro

Guaro (Cacique)

National liquor distilled from sugarcane, clear with 30% alcohol, Cacique is the official brand, smooth and versatile for mixing.

🇲🇫Saint Martin

Guavaberry Liqueur

Guavaberry Rum

Legendary folk liqueur and national symbol of Sint Maarten; made from wild guavaberries (Myrciaria floribunda), oak-aged rum, and cane sugar; has a woody, fruity, spicy, bitter-sweet flavor; a Sint Maarten product.

🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany

Hamburger Kümmel

Hamburger Kümmel is a clear caraway spirit distilled and served as a dry digestif in northern Germany.

🇨🇺Cuba

Havana Club Rum

Havana Club

A Cuban rum brand made in partnership with Cuba's state rum company and Pernod Ricard, spanning light, aged, and prestige expressions under the Havana Club name.

🇺🇸United States

Herbsaint liqueur

An anise-flavored liqueur from New Orleans, the traditional substitute for absinthe in a Sazerac.

🇷🇸Serbia

Honey Brandy

Медовача

Rakija sweetened and flavoured with honey, drunk warm in winter and used as a household cold remedy.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Horilka

Горілка

Horilka is Ukrainian vodka distilled from grain or potatoes; flavoured versions include fruit infusions.