14 Plants Used to Make Alcohol

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About 14 plants used to make alcohol including everything from apples to rice.

14 PLANTS USED TO MAKE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

1. Agave--pulque (Mexico); tequila

2. Apple--cider

3. Barley--ale; porter; stout; kvass (Russia)

4. Corn--chicha (South America); whiskey; gin

5. Grapes--wine; brandy

6. Hops--ale; stout; weiss (Germany)

7. Millet--pombe (Africa)

8. Potato--vodka; aquavit (Scandinavia)

9. Rice--sake (Japan); oke (Hawaii)

10. Rye--kvass; whiskey

11. Sorghum--burukutu (Nigeria); kafir beer (South Africa)

12. Sugarcane--rum; oke

13. Wheat--weiss; vodka

14. Wormwood--absinthe


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