Alcoholic beverages are those beverages that contain ethanol (ethyl alcohol) in their composition.

Regarding the elaboration, one can distinguish between beverages produced simply by alcoholic fermentation (wine, beer, cider, mead, sake) in which the alcohol content does not usually exceed 15 degrees, and those produced by distillation, generally from a pre-fermentation product.

Among the latter are the different types of spirits and spirits (such as brandy, whiskey, tequila, rum, vodka, cachaça, pisco, gin, among others)