Plants and Booze

Question: What is tequila made from?

Answer: Tequila is a distilled liquor that is made from the fermented juice of the Mexican agave plant.

Question: Rice is the traditional source of which of the following?

Answer: Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.

Question: What is cachaça made from?

Answer: Brazilian cachaça is a distilled spirit made from sugarcane juice.

Question: Which of the following is made from corn?

Answer: Bourbon is an American whiskey traditionally made from a corn mash.

Question: Rum is made by fermenting which of these plants?

Answer: Rum is a Caribbean distilled liquor made from sugarcane products.

Question: Pisco is made from which of the following plants?

Answer: Pisco is a Peruvian and Chilean brandy made from grapes.

Question: Beer is primarily brewed with hops and which main ingredient?

Answer: While beer can be made from a variety of cereals, it is commonly brewed with malt barley.

Question: Which of the following is traditionally made from potatoes?

Answer: Vodka was traditionally made from potatoes in Poland and Russia, though cereal grains are now used commercially.

Question: Which of the following is characteristically flavored with juniper berries?

Answer: Gin is a grain-mash, distilled liquor with juniper berry as its principal flavoring ingredient.