Portal:Drink

The Drink Portal

A portal dedicated to all beverages

Introduction

A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies and soft drinks. Traditionally warm beverages encompass coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine, have been consumed for centuries.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the psychoactive substance ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks typically refer to beverages that are traditionally alcoholic—such as beer, wine, or cocktails—but are produced with a very low alcohol by volume content. This category includes beverages that have undergone processes to remove or significantly reduce alcohol, such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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Glengoyne Distillery

Glengoyne distillery is a whisky distillery continuously in operation since its founding in 1833 at Dumgoyne, north of Glasgow, Scotland. Glengoyne is unique in producing Highland single malt whisky matured in the Lowlands. Located upon the Highland Line, the division between the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, Glengoyne’s stills are in the Highlands while maturing casks of whisky rest across the road in the Lowlands. (Full article...)

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... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that instead of drinking liquor with prospective clients, Arthur Harrison Motley sent them notes written in red pencil crayon, 10,000 times a year?
... that the chairman of the board of a Texas TV station was found to have died from drinking cyanide-laced cola?
... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?

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The following are images from various drink-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Coffee accessories in small shops in Baščaršija, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming vodka in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 3A classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 6A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 7A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 8Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 9The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Various views of a bottle of mezcal. The "worm", which is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant, can be seen in the middle image, at the bottom of the bottle. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 11Krupnik, the national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 12A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 13Libyan tea with peanuts (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 15Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 16Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 17Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 18Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 19Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21The espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means "to express," and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 23Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 25Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 26A glass of grappa, a grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin. Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. (from List of national drinks)
Image 27A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 28Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 29Many in both Peru and Chile consider pisco sour their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 31Per capita, people in Turkey drink more tea than in any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 32Australian iced coffee served with ice-cream and coffee beans (from List of national drinks)
Image 33Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 34The spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters, and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920. (from List of national drinks)
Image 35Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 36Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 38Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 39A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41Akpeteshie is a liquor produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane, primarily in the region of Western Africa. (from List of national drinks)
Image 42Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 43Piña colada, a cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. (from List of national drinks)
Image 442004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 45Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 46Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 47A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 48Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 49A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia. (from List of national drinks)
Image 50Mai Tai is a cocktail made of rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice. It is one of the characteristic cocktails in Tiki culture. (from List of national drinks)

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Orange juice

Credit: United States Department of Agriculture

A glass of orange juice

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Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (Thai: เจริญ สิริวัฒนภักดี; simplified Chinese: 苏旭明; traditional Chinese: 蘇旭明; pinyin: Sū Xùmíng; Pe̍h-ūe-jī: Sou Hiok-mêng; RTGS: Charoen Siriwatthanaphakdi; born 2 May 1944) is a Thai business magnate and investor.

He is the founder of Thai Beverage, and the chairman of conglomerates TCC Group and Fraser and Neave, Ltd (F&N). The Sirivadhanabhakdi family is now Thailand's largest property developer and landlord of 630,000 rai (101,000 ha; 250,000 acres), plus commercial and retail buildings in Singapore. He also owns 50 hotels in Asia, the US, UK, and Australia, including Plaza Athénée in Manhattan, New York City, US, and The Okura Prestige Bangkok. As of 2020, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$10.5 billion. (Full article...)

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“

The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.

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— F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby (1925)

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A bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a bitter or bittersweet flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters were developed as patent medicines, but lately are sold as digestifs, sometimes with herbal properties, and as cocktail flavorings.

Since cocktails often contain sour and sweet flavors, bitters are used to engage another primary taste and thereby balance out the drink and make it more complex, giving it a more complete flavor profile. (Full article...)

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General topics:	Bartending • Bottling • Drinking • Drinking water • Bottled water • Mineral water • Coffee • Energy drink • Juice • Tea • Milk • Plant milk • Pasteurization • Refrigeration • Steeping • Water purification
Alcoholic beverages:	Beer • Brandy • Brewing • Caffeinated alcoholic drinks • Cider • Cocktails • Distillation • Fermentation • Hard soda • Liquor • Liqueur • Malt drink • Mead • Proof • Rice Wine • Schnapps • Vodka • Whiskey • Wine
Soft Drinks:	Carbonation • Cola • Orange soft drink • Frozen carbonated drink • Root beer • Soda water • Lithia water •
Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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WikiProject Food & Drink is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in culinary-related subjects. They have come together to co-ordinate the development of food and drink articles here on Wikipedia as well as the many subjects related to food such as foodservice, catering and restaurants. If you wish to learn more about these subjects as well as get involved, please visit the project.

WikiProject Beer – covers Wikipedia's coverage of beer and breweries and microbreweries

WikiProject Wine – aims to compile thorough and accurate information on different vineyards, wineries and varieties of wines, including but not limited to their qualities, origins, and uses.

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