Britons have developed alcoholic drinks like gin and whisky. Gin and tonic. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is the name for a broad category of alcoholic beverages distilled from grains, that are subsequently aged in oak casks. ...

For centuries, the British market was the main customer of sweet wines like sherry, Port wine, and Madeira wine. English wine has been available since the Roman era, and was once considered poor, but in recent years, reflecting perhaps the improving palate of the British people, the quality of native wines has increased and in 2004 a panel judging European sparkling wines awarded most of the top ten positions to British wines - the remaining positions going to French Champagnes. Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. ... A glass of tawny port. ... Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in madeira. ... The Roman Era is a period in Western history, when ancient Rome was the center of power of the world around the Mediterranean Sea, where Latin was the lingua franca. ...

British beer tends to be bitter, with domestic pale lager brands generally serving the lower end of the market. However, any establishment catering for the middle of the market will tend to have a range of continental-style lagers available; the Belgian-owned Stella Artois brand, for example, is one of the most common. Some such lagers are, despite their Continental origins, brewed under licence in the United Kingdom; others, such as Budvar from the Czech Republic, are imported. Many drinkers, however, consider bitter (and particularly that produced in relatively small quantities by the 'independent' British breweries, as opposed to those owned by large corporations) to be superior to lager, although with the increasing range of high-quality lagers available the strength of that opinion is weakening somewhat. Guinness and other Irish stouts are also common. A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage, selling over 133,000 million litres (35,000 million gallons) a year. ... Bitter is a British term for a type of beer or pale ale. ... (North) American lagers, as defined by the Association of Brewers, are a family of very pale to golden colored beers with light body and low to medium bitterness. ... Stella Artois is a 5. ... Budějovicky Budvar is a smooth, slighly malty Czech beer produced in Ceske Budejovice, also known as Budweis in German. ... World War II era advert. ... A pint of stout Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malts or roast barley. ...