What Are The Alcoholic Beverages Offered By Officer’s Choice?

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There are different alcoholic beverages like whisky, beer, wine, rum, brandy and other distilled spirits. The main content in these beverages is ethanol, which is a type of alcohol. The beverages differ in the alcoholic content and how they are produced.

Alcoholic beverages are made from different plant materials like grain, seeds, leaves, stems and fruits. The Officer’s Choice (OC) is an Indian brand that offers alcoholic beverages like whisky, brandy and rum. The OC whisky is one of the top-selling spirits in the world and is an international favourite.

The OC whisky is made from a finely balanced malt blend. OC brandy is specially created for smoothness and pleasant flavour. It is made from matured grape spirit and select natural ingredients which gives it a rich taste and an authentic character. OC rum has notes of sweet, heavy and woody flavour.

Starting materials used for the beverages

To produce the different drinks different starting materials are used. Whisky is made by fermenting and distilling grain mash. The different grains that can be used are rye, wheat, corn, and barley. The different types of whisky are malt and grain. Malt whisky is made from malted barley and grain whisky is made by using any type of grain.

Brandy is made by distilling wine or pomace or mash or any other fruit. It is made from early grapes to get a higher concentration of acid and low sugar levels.

Rum is made from fermenting and distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice, yeast and water. The quality of the rum produced depends on the variety of sugarcane used.

Main process followed to produce alcoholic beverages

The main process followed for producing alcoholic beverages are:

Malting

In this process, high-quality raw material is selected and the grains are germinated. The raw material acts as a sugar base for the fermentation process.

Mashing

Raw materials like grains are milled and fruits are pressed to create a mixture. It is done with great precision and skill.

Fermenting

In this process, yeast is added to ferment the mixture under a controlled environment. The sugars break down into ethanol and carbon dioxide. Distilling

In this process, the liquid is distilled to get the alcohol by volume ratio. The pure ethanol is collected in the receiver.

Ageing

The alcohol obtained is stored in wooden barrels where it interacts with the wood to give it taste, aroma and flavour. The alcohol is aged for 1 - 2 years.

Blending

Once the alcohol is aged additional colouring and flavouring can be added to get the required output.

Bottling

This is done under scrutiny to avoid any contamination of the final product. The alcohol is packed in glass bottles as per the standards and norms of the regulatory body.