Question

Which among the following alcoholic beverages will be formed by distillation?
A. Brandy
B. Wine
C. Beer
D. All

Answer 1

Hint: The method of separating components of a mixture based on various boiling points is distillation. Alcohol purification, desalination, crude oil refining, and the processing of liquified gases are examples of the use of distillation. Beverages are formed by the distillation process.

Complete answer:
Distilled spirit, often referred to as distilled liquor, is an alcoholic beverage (such as brandy, whiskey, rum, or arrack) produced by distillation from the first brewed wine or other fermented fruit or plant juice or from a starchy substance. The concentrated liquor's alcohol concentration is greater than that of the beer or wine. The method of separating components of a mixture based on various boiling points is called distillation process. Here, the method by which water is extracted from a mixture of ethanol is referred to as distillation. Using the difference in their boiling points, alcohol and water are separated from each other during distillation. Distillation of the fermented broth produces whisky, brandy and rum. Different beverages have a specific alcohol content value; for example, beer contains an alcohol content of about 5%, the concentration of alcohol in brandy ranges from 35% to 60%, rum contains 40% alcohol and wine has about 11.6%.

So, the correct answer is option A.

Note: The organic compound that bears at least one hydroxyl group bound to a saturated carbon atom is called alcohol. The term alcohol is actually applied to the primary alcohol ethanol, which is the main alcohol found in alcoholic drinks and is used as a medicine.