List of national liquors



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
 * 🇯🇵: Sake, Shōchū (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 and Cognac, Pastis
 * 🇩🇪: Schnapps (fruit) (in the South), Korn (in the North)
 * Raki (Ρακί ή Ρακή), 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
 * 🇮🇸: Brennivín, aka “Black Death” (potatoes)
 * 🇮🇪: Irish Whiskey (fermented mash of cereal grains), Poitín (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
 * lit. : Midus
 * North Macedonia: Rakija and Mastika (Typically, red and/or white grapes. Plums used in some areas such as Kichevo. Mastika is anise and herb flavored rakija)
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro: 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.
 * : Ţuică (plums) or Pălincă (fruit)
 * 🇷🇺: Vodka (grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet molasses)
 * 🇷🇸: Rakija (šljivovica in particular)
 * 🇸🇰: Slivovica, Borovička (juniper berries)
 * 🇪🇸: Sherry (brandy-fortified Spanish wine)
 * Navarre: Patxaran
 * 🇸🇪: Brännvin, Akvavit, Snaps and Punsch
 * 🇨🇭: Absinthe, Goldschläger, Pflümli, Poire Williams, Kirsch
 * 🇹🇷: Rakı (twice-distilled Suma and Anise)
 * 🇺🇦: Horilka (Ukrainian vodka), Hrenovuha
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 : Gin (south) Whisky (north)
 * Northern Ireland : Irish Whiskey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland : Scotch Whisky, particularly Single malt whisky is considered the national drink of Scotland.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales : Welsh Whisky
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man: Manx Spirit
 * 🇮🇲 Isle of Man: Manx Spirit

Ibero America and Caribbean

 * 🇦🇷: Wine, fernet con coca (cocktail), hesperidina (apéritif)
 * 🇧🇧: Rum (sugarcane molasses)
 * 🇧🇿: Rum (sugarcane molasses)
 * 🇧🇴: Singani (muscat grapes)
 * 🇧🇷: Cachaça (sugarcane)
 * 🇨🇱: Pisco (grapes; in contention with Peru )
 * 🇨🇴: Aguardiente
 * : Guaro (sugarcane)
 * 🇨🇺: Rum (sugarcane molasses)
 * 🇩🇴: Rum and Mamajuana
 * 🇪🇨: Aguardiente (sugarcane)
 * : Guaro (sugarcane)
 * French West Indies: Rum (sugarcane)
 * : Rum, and Cusha
 * : Rum, and Clairin (sugarcane)
 * : Guaro
 * 🇯🇲: Rum (sugarcane)
 * 🇲🇽: Tequila (blue agave), Mezcal, Pulque, and Brandy
 * 🇳🇮: Rum (sugarcane)
 * 🇵🇦: Seco Herrerano (sugarcane)
 * : Caña blanca (sugarcane)
 * 🇵🇪: Pisco (grapes; in contention with Chile )
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico: Pitorro, Rum
 * Trinidad & Tobago: Rum (sugarcane)
 * : Grappamiel (grape pommace, honey), Grappa (grape pommace, originally Italian), espinillar (sugar cane)
 * 🇻🇪: Rum (sugarcane), Miche andino (brown sugar) and cocuy (agave cocui)

Northern America

 * : Rum
 * 🇨🇦: Canadian Whisky
 * 🇺🇸: Bourbon Whiskey

Oceania

 * 🇦🇺: Bundaberg Rum
 * 🇳🇿: Kava
 * Hawaii: Kava

South Asia

 * 🇧🇩: vodka and brandy from Carew, toddy (palm wine) (pronounced tari in Bengali)
 * 🇮🇳: Rum (Old Monk), Feni (Cashew or coconut), Toddy (palm wine), tharra, Chandr Haas
 * : Raksi, Chhaang
 * 🇱🇰: coconut Arrack, coconut Toddy and Palm Toddy

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 (ເຫລົ້າໄຫ) 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
 * 🇻🇳: Rượu đế (glutinous or non-glutinous rice) and Rượu thuốc (herbs and raw animals)

West Asia

 * 🇦🇲: Oghi
 * : Chacha
 * : Aragh sagi and Shiraz wein (historically, as alcohol consumption is currently banned for Muslims)
 * 🇮🇱: Arak, Tubi 60
 * 🇯🇴: Arak
 * 🇱🇧: Arak (Anise)
 * Levant: Arak
 * Palestine: Arak
 * 🇸🇾: Arak (Anise)
 * 🇹🇷: Rakı (twice-distilled Suma and Anise)