Ginger Wine is produced with an interesting production method using distillation process. It tastes best to drink Ginger Wine with on over rice. Most people drink it as a Whisky Mac by mixing it with whisky. Some mix lemonade and drink it as ginger ale or bitter lemon.

People can even make their own Ginger Wine at home or get it easily readymade from the market. There are several health benefits of Ginger Wine like it helps in diarrhea, sexual activity and flu.

Even today like in ancient times, ginger is used in cough syrups so drinking this bitter taste ginger in the form of Ginger Wine is good for throat as well. Drinking Ginger Wine also helps healing in headaches, body cramps and fever.

1.3l water

15g dried carragheen

400g condensed milk

1 cinnamon stick

2 teaspoon linseed (optional)

Freshly-grated nutmeg

Few drops of vanilla extract

Little rum to serve (optional)

Method

First of all, soak the carragheen in cold water for about 15 minutes. Then drain and place the soaked carragheen in a saucepan with 1.3l water, cinnamon stick and linseed.

Now, bring this mixture to a boil and cook on sim flame till it begins to thicken.

Then, strain the mixture using a sieve and discard the seaweed, linseed and cinnamon stick.

Now, pour the liquid back in a pan and add condensed milk, vanilla essence and freshly-grated nutmeg.

Then, boil the mixture and whisk vigorously to cool it.

When this mixture begins to set, whisk it again vigorously and when the mixture cools, whisk once again and then finally place it in the refrigerator for cooling.

Before serving, whisk it again and add a dash of rum.

Reals, Bog Boss and Cashyo are some of the popular Fenny brands that are popular among those who like drinking this natural drink. As told before, there are two types of fenny drinks, one is made of coconut and the other is made of cashew. The first one is prepared from the sap of the coconut palm and the other is prepared from the cashew fruit.

Fenny drink contains 42% of alcohol by volume. According to a survey, at present, there are around 4000 traditional mini-distilleries in Goa that indulge in manufacturing cashew fenny drink and around 2,200 distilleries that manufacture coconut fenny drink. 

Seafood when feasted upon with a fine drink like sherry becomes truly a pleasure. This Spanish drink is produced in Southwestern part of the country just like wine production. Bearing a sweet snifter taste, sherry drink is also made of grapes with fairly acidic taste. For making sherry, grape juice is fermented and left to mature in large vats.

Certain special sherry drinks like Amontillado and Manzanilla are made of a special yeast called flor that is allowed to grow on the surface, and it prevents the liquid from reacting with the air. Other sherry drinks like, Oloroso is produced with exposure to air. In short, different sherry drinks are made in different ways.

There are different types of sherry drinks, like Fino, which is a dry and pale-colored sherry. It is good to be sipped while snacking on cured meats and tapas. Then, there is Manzanilla, a slight variation of Fino sherry, as it is bit light and has a salty taste. Amontillado is a dark and dry sherry for those who like old sherry.

Best sherry in the world is produced by Gonzales Byass, this firm is known to produce the famous Tio Pepe Fino, Olorosos and Manzanillas. Apart from this, sherry produced by Gutierrez Colosia is also famous in UK. In Spain, sherry made by Osbournes and Sandeman is considered the best.