Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio
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Trinken, Beber, Boire, Bere, Drink, (esper.) trinki, trinkajoj

Beer (W3)

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What Makes Up A Beer?

The beer community has used styles to group beers of similar color, fragrance, flavor, bitterness or origin for years. By knowing the style of a beer, you can know what to expect when you enjoy it. BreweryDB categorizes our beers based on the Brewers Association Style Guidelines and are updated yearly.

Belgian And French Origin Ales

• Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ales
• Belgian-Style Dubbel
• Belgian-Style Tripel
• Belgian-Style Quadrupel
• Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
• Belgian-Style Pale Ale
• Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale
• Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
• Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat
• Belgian-Style Table Beer
• Other Belgian-Style Ales
• French-Style Bière de Garde
• French & Belgian-Style Saison

British Origin Ales

• Classic English-Style Pale Ale
• English-Style India Pale Ale
• Ordinary Bitter
• Special Bitter or Best Bitter
• Extra Special Bitter
• English-Style Summer Ale
• Scottish-Style Light Ale
• Scottish-Style Heavy Ale
• Scottish-Style Export Ale
• English-Style Pale Mild Ale
• English-Style Dark Mild Ale
• English-Style Brown Ale
• Old Ale
• Strong Ale
• Scotch Ale
• British-Style Imperial Stout
• British-Style Barley Wine Ale
• Brown Porter
• Robust Porter
• Sweet or Cream Stout
• Oatmeal Stout

German Origin Ales

• German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style Kölsch
• Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat)
• Leipzig-Style Gose
• South German-Style Hefeweizen / Hefeweissbier
• South German-Style Kristall Weizen / Kristall Weissbier
• German-Style Leichtes Weizen / Weissbier
• South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen / Weissbier
• South German-Style Dunkel Weizen / Dunkel Weissbier
• South German-Style Weizenbock / Weissbock
• Bamberg-Style Weiss (Smoke) Rauchbier (Dunkel or Helles)
• German-Style Brown Ale /
• Kellerbier (Cellar beer) or Zwickelbier - Ale
• Adambier

International Ale Styles

• International-Style Pale Ale
• Australasian-Style Pale Ale

Irish Origin Ales

• Irish-Style Red Ale
• Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
• Foreign (Export)-Style Stout

North American Origin Ales

• American-Style Pale Ale
• Fresh "Wet" Hop Ale
• Pale American-Belgo-Style Ale
• Dark American-Belgo-Style Ale
• American-Style Strong Pale Ale
• American-Style India Pale Ale
• Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
• American-Style Amber/Red Ale
• Imperial or Double Red Ale
• American-Style Barley Wine Ale
• American-Style Wheat Wine Ale
• Golden or Blonde Ale
• American-Style Brown Ale
• Smoke Porter
• American-Style Brett Ale
• American-Style Sour Ale
• American-Style Black Ale
• American-Style Stout
• American-Style Imperial Stout
• Specialty Stouts
• American-Style Imperial Porter

European-germanic Lager

• German-Style Pilsener
• Bohemian-Style Pilsener
• European Low-Alcohol Lager / German Leicht(bier)
• Münchner (Munich)-Style Helles
• Dortmunder / European-Style Export
• Vienna-Style Lager
• German-Style Märzen
• German-Style Oktoberfest / Wiesen (Meadow)
• European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
• German-Style Schwarzbier
• Bamberg-Style Märzen Rauchbier
• Bamberg-Style Helles Rauchbier
• Bamberg-Style Bock Rauchbier
• Traditional German-Style Bock
• German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock
• German-Style Doppelbock
• German-Style Eisbock
• Kellerbier (Cellar beer) or Zwickelbier - Lager

Hybrid/mixed Beer

• Session Beer
• American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
• California Common Beer
• Japanese Sake-Yeast Beer
• Light American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast
• Light American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast
• Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
• Dark American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast
• Dark American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast
• Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
• German-Style Rye Ale (Roggenbier) with or without Yeast
• Fruit Beer
• Field Beer
• Pumpkin Beer
• Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer
• Coffee-Flavored Beer
• Herb and Spice Beer
• Specialty Beer
• Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
• Gluten-Free Beer
• Indigenous Beer (Lager or Ale)
• Smoke Beer (Lager or Ale)
• Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale)
• Out of Category - Traditionally Brewed Beer
• Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer
• Wood- and Barrel-Aged Pale to Amber Beer
• Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer
• Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
• Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
• Aged Beer (Ale or Lager)
• Other Strong Ale or Lager
• Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages

International Styles

• International-Style Pilsener
• Dry Lager

Mead, Cider, & Perry

• Dry Mead
• Semi-Sweet Mead
• Sweet Mead
• Cyser (Apple Melomel)
• Pyment (Grape Melomel)
• Other Fruit Melomel
• Metheglin
• Braggot
• Open Category Mead
• Common Cider
• English Cider
• French Cider
• Common Perry
• Traditional Perry
• New England Cider
• Fruit Cider
• Apple Wine
• Other Specialty Cider or Perry

North American Lager

• American-Style Lager
• American-Style Light (Low Calorie) Lager
• American-Style Low-Carbohydrate Light Lager
• American-Style Amber (Low Calorie) Lager
• American-Style Premium Lager
• American-Style Pilsener
• American-Style Ice Lager
• American-Style Malt Liquor
• American-Style Amber Lager
• American-Style Märzen / Oktoberfest
• American-Style Dark Lager

Other Lager

• Baltic-Style Porter
• Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager

Other Origin

• Grodzisz

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nicotini (W3)

An alcoholic drink that includes "nicotine" as an ingredient. Usually made with "vodka" in which tobacco has been soaked. Generally billed as an alternative for smokers in smoke-free establishments.
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"nicotini": When your martini is so expensive that you still drink it even after you have ashed your cigarette in it.

nicotini (nik.oh.TEE.nee) n. A nicotine-laced martini.

Orange Cadillac (W3)

pink elephants (W3)

(The animated sequence of elephants blowing pink bubbles, set to Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), may allude to the expression pink elephant, but it is certainly not the inspiration for it.)

Punch (W3)

That mystery beverage served at junior proms and parties is not so named because it packs a punch. The drink is East Indian in origin, and its name comes from the Hindi word "panch", meaning "five". That's because the drink originally contained "five ingredients". One traditional recipe for panch calls for arrack (a liquor distilled from rice, molasses, and sometimes palm sap), lemon, tea, sugar, and water.

According to one source, the native Indian beverage was a favorite among sailors in the East India trade and was brought back to England in the late 1600s. Long after the original recipe was abandoned in favor of such things as lime sherbet, ginger ale, and orange juice, the name still survives.

Soft Drink (W3)

The History of Soft Drinks
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The first marketed soft drinks (non-carbonated) appeared in the 17th century. They were made from water and lemon juice sweetened with honey. In 1676, the Compagnie de Limonadiers of Paris were granted a monopoly for the sale of lemonade soft drinks. Vendors would carry tanks of lemonade on their backs and dispensed cups of the soft drink to thirsty Parisians.
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speakeasy, Flüsterkneipe (W3)

• Why was there prohibition in the United States?
• Prohibition and the Growth of the Brewing Industry
• The Woman's Crusade of 1873-74
• Frances E. Willard (1838-1898)
• The Anti-Saloon League
• Cartoons from the Prohibition Party
• Visit old-time saloons!
• Peter Finley Dunne and Mr. Dooley on prohibition!
• Richmond P. Hobson argues for prohibition
• Percy Andreae, "A Glimpse Behind the Mask of Prohibition"
• The Ohio Dry Campaign of 1918
• American Prohibition in the 1920s

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• A
• Accessible | Acid, acidity | Aftertaste | Albariño | Alcohol | Aleatico | Alicante Bouschet | Aligoté | Almond | Alsace | Alto Adige | Amarone | Amontillado | Anise | Appellation Contrôlée | Apple | Apple-skin | | Astringent | Attack | Auslese | Austere
• B
• Backbone | Balanced | Banana | Bandol | Banyuls | Barbaresco | Barbera | Bardolino | Barnyard | Barolo | Barsac | Beaujolais | Beaujolais-like | Beaumes-de-Venise | Beaune | Beerenauslese | Bereich | Big | Bitter | Black cherry | Black coffee | Black fruit | Black pepper | Blackberry | Blackcurrant | Blueberry | Body | Bordeaux | Botrytis | Botrytis | Bouquet, bottle bouquet | Bourgogne | Boxwood | Bramble fruit | Brass | Brett, brettanomyces | Bright | Brilliant | Brooding | Brown sugar | Brunello di Montalcino | Brut | Burnt match | Butter, buttery
• C
• Cabernet Franc | Cabernet Sauvignon | Cahors | Candied, candied fruit | | Caramel | Carbonic maceration | Carignan | Cassis | Cat spray | Caudalie | Cava | Cedar | Chablis | Chambourcin | Chancellor | Charbono | Chateau | Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Cheesy | Chelois | Chenin Blanc | Cherry-berry | Chestnut | Chewy, chunky | Chile pepper | Chocolate, dark-chocolate | Cigar box | Cinsaut | Citric | Claret | Classico | Clean | Cloaked | Clos | Closed | Cloves | Cloying | Coconut | Collioure | Complex | Concord | Consistent | Corbières | Corked, corky | Cornas | Cosecha | Côte Rôtie | Coteaux du Languedoc | Côtes-du-Rhône | | Cotton candy | Country-style, country wine | Creamy | Crianza | Crisp | Cru Classé | Cuvée
• D
• Dark | Dates | Delicate | Denominación de Origen | Denominazione di Origine Controllata | Diesel | Dill | Dirty socks | Dolcetto | Domaine | Dominant | Dry | Dumb
• E
• Earthy | Edelfäule | Einzellage | Eiswein | Elusive | Erzeugerabfüllung | Eucalyptus | Evolution
• F
• Faugères | Fendant | Figs | Finish | Fino | Flat, fat, flabby | Floral, Flowery | Forest floor | Forward | Foxy | Fragrant | | Fresh | Frizzante | Fruit bomb | Fruit, fruity | Full, full-bodied | Fumé Blanc | Funky | Furmint
• G
• Gamay | Gamey | Garnacha | Garnet | Garrigues | Gattinara | Geriatric | Gewürztraminer | Gold | Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé | Grapefruit | Grapey | Grassy | Graves | Green | Green olive | Green peas | Green peppers | Grenache | Grip | Grosslage | Gruner Veltliner | Gulpable
• H
• Halbtrocken | Haut-Médoc | Hay | Hazelnut | Hazy | Heady | Herbal, herbaceous | Hermitage | Hollow, empty | Honey | Hot | Hulking
• I
• In-Your-Face | Inky
• J
• Jammy | Juicy | Jurançon
• K
• Kabinett
• L
• Languedoc | Lavender | Lead pencil | Leafy | Lean | Leather | Lemon, lemony, lemon-squirt, lemon-lime | Length | Light, light-bodied, lightweight | Linden | Lingering, long | Litchee | Loire | Luscious
• M
• Mâcon | Madeira | Maderized | Madiran | Malbec | Malolactic | Malvasia | Manzanilla | Marechal Foch | Margaux | Marsanne | Mataro | Mavrodaphne | Meaty | Medicinal | Medium, medium-bodied | Médoc | Melon, muskmelon, musky melon | Merde | Merlot | Middle, mid-palate | Mineral | Minervois | Mint | Mise en bouteille | Mixed-berry | Mosel, Moselle | Mourvèdre | Mouth-filling | Muscadet | Muscat | Mushrooms | Musty | Muted | Müller-Thurgau
• N
• Nebbiolo | Nose | Nouveau | Nutmeg | Nutty, nutlike
• O
• Oak, oaky | Olive, ripe olive, black olive | Oloroso | Opaque | Optima | Orange, orange-peel, tangerine | Oregano | Organic | Orvieto | Outrageous | Over the hill | Oxidized
• P
• Pale | Palpable | Passito | Pauillac | Peach | Pear | Pecans | Penedès | Peppery | Perequita | Perfumed | Persists, persistent | Pétillant | Petit Verdot | Petite Sirah | Petrol | Phylloxera | Piemonte | Piercing | Pine | Pineapple | Pinot Blanc | Pinot Grigio | Pinot Gris | Pinot Meunier | Pinot Noir | Pinotage | Pinpoint | Plum, plummy | Plump | Pomerol | Pouilly-Fuissé | Pouilly-Fumé | Prickly | Priorato | Prunes | Pungent
• Q
• QPR | Quaffer, quaffing wine | Qualitätswein mit Prädikat
• R
• Racy | Raisins | Rancio | Raspberry | Recioto | Red fruit | Reserva | Residual sugar | Rheingau | Rhône | Ribera del Duero | Riesling | Rioja | Ripasso | Ripe | Riserva | Rising bread dough | Robe | Robust | Rosé | Rosso di Montalcino | Rough | Roussanne | Rubber band | Ruby
• S
• Saint-Chinian | Saint-Emilion | Saint-Estephe | Sancerre | Sandalwood | Sangiovese | Sauternes | Sauvignon Blanc | Savennières | Scheurebe | Sémillon | Seyval Blanc | Shiraz | Short | Smoky | Smooth | Soft | Sommelier | Sour | Spaghetti wine | Spanna | Spearmint | Spicy | Spumante | Spätlese | Stalky, stemmy | Steely | Stone fruit | Stony | Straw | Strawberry | Structure | Subtle | Sylvaner | Syrah
• T
• Tannic, tannins | Tar, tarry | Tarragon | Tart | Technicolor | Tempranillo | Terroir | Terroir | Thin | Threshold | Tinto | Toast, toasty | Tobacco, tobacco-leaf | Tocai Friulano | Tokay | Torrontés | Trebbiano | Tree bark | Trentino-Alto Adige | Trocken | Trockenbeerenauslese | Tropical fruit | Truffles | Tuscany
• U
• Ullage | Undifferentiated
• V
• Valpolicella | Valtellina | Vanilla | Varietal | Varietal | Vegetal | Velvet, velvety | Vendange | Vendimia | Veneto | Veraison | Verdicchio | Vernaccia di San Gimignano | Vidal Blanc | Vignoles | Villard Blanc | Vin de Pays | Vin Gris | Vinegary, volatile acidity | Vinho Verde | Vino Nobile di Montepulciano | Vinous | Vintage | Viognier | Violets | Vitis Vinifera | Vouvray
• W
• Walnuts | Warm, warming | Watery | Weedy | Wein | White Riesling | Wildflowers | Witch hazel | Woody
• Y
• Yeasty | Youthful
• Z
• | Zingy

Zinfandel (W3)

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Austrian Origins of Zinfandel

We Americans are often preoccupied with our genealogies and trace our ancestry for hundreds of years to find our roots on another continent. Curious anecdotes, colorful characters and family scandals are often unearthed. Wine enthusiasts are often similarly interested in the origins of their favorite grape varieties. The quest to solve the mystery of California Zinfandel's ancestry has been a fascinating process engaging the efforts of ampelographers, genetic scientists, viticulturists and historians.

Many theories, claims and stories have surrounded "Zinfandel" since the grape became fashionable in the 1980's. DNA fingerprinting has finally proved that California "Zinfandel" and southern Italy's "Primitivo" are one and the same grape. I was once speculated that the Croatian grape "Plavic Mali" was also identical, but vine geneticist Carole Meredith (University of California, Davis) and Croatian scientists Ivan Pejic and Edi Maletic have proved otherwise. "Plavic Mali" is the off-spring of "Zinfandel" and "Dobricic", yet another Croatian grape. With joined efforts these researchers have now found an indigenous Croatian grape identical to "Zinfandel" and "Primitivo" called "Crljenak".
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