What is the difference between beer, wine, liquor, alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, vodka, bourbon, stout, scotch, feni, champagne, tequila and gin?
For starters, beer, wine, brandy, whiskey, rum, vodka, bourbon, stout, scotch, feni, champagne, tequila, gin are alcoholic beverages which mean they contain significant amount of the alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol). I presume you want to know the difference between all these types of alcoholic beverages (or drinks, as they are called colloquially). All alcoholic beverages are prepared by fermentation of grains, grain mash (grain mixture), fruits, sugar, molasses and similar products. Those alcoholic beverages which are prepared by distillation of the fermented product are know as liquor or spirits or distilled beverages. Alcoholic beverages are broadly classified as Wine, Beer and Distilled Beverages. Coming to each different type of alcohol named in the question, the basic difference is the raw product which is fermented to get the alcohol. Beer is made by fermenting starch sugars obtained from malted barley and malted wheat grains. Stout is a type of beer, d...