5 Fun Facts About Your Favorite Liquor!
Going out to your favorite waterfront bar at the Lake of the
Ozarks is usually a fun filled adventure, complete with live music and
drinks all around. We all have our favorite drink, but what do you know about
the liquors used to make them? We know you love our bomb shots and frozen
pains, but let's dig deeper and reveal some facts about hard liquor that you
may not have heard before!
Tequila
Jimadors use round bladed, or Coa, machetes to chop the leaves of the blue agave plant to make tequila. They produce the tequila by removing the heart of the agave plant, which can weigh anywhere from 80 to 200 pounds when harvested. Just like champagne must be made in France, in order for it to be truly considered tequila, it must be produced in Mexico.
Whiskey
There is a difference between whisky and whiskey. Scottish
distilleries produce whisky, while everyone else produces whiskey. According to
the Scots, they believe more vowels waste good drinking time! The Scots also
used to light some of it on fire to determine how much alcohol was in it. The
color of the flame shows whether or not the alcohol content is right. If it
burns too hot, then there was too much alcohol, which they then sold to the
distillery workers for cheap.
Vodka
The name vodka comes from the Slavic word voda, meaning
water. This popular mixing liquor is actually lighter than water. One liter of
water weighs 1,000 grams, while 1 liter of vodka weighs 953 grams. Up until
1885, vodka was only sold in 12.3 liter buckets. Thankfully, smaller bottles
were later introduced – we can’t even imagine how horrible those hangovers
would be!
Gin
Gin is actually made for mixing! Unlike other favorite
liquors, like the previously mentioned whiskey, tequila, rum and vodka, gin is
not meant to be taken as a shot, which is why so many classic cocktails call
for it. In fact, more classic cocktails are made with gin than with any other
spirit. Martinis are meant to be made with gin, dry vermouth and optional
bitters. It wasn’t until Smirnoff released their “Vodka leaves you breathless” campaign
that it hijacked gin’s place in the iconic drink.
Rum
In the 18th century, sailors were often paid in rum. They also used to test the rum’s authenticity by mixing it with gunpowder. If it lit on fire, then it indicated it was the correct proof. Rum was also used as a go-to beauty product in the 1800s for its ability to clean hair and strengthen its roots. Up until the 1970s, the British Navy gave rations of rums to its sailors in hopes of preventing scurvy. Little did they know, it was the addition of the lime or vitamin C that kept them from getting scurvy.
Enjoy Your Well-Earned Drink at Backwater Jack's!
BackwaterJack's has a drink for everyone, as long as they enjoy it responsibly!
If you like Rum, we highly suggest not lighting it on fire, but enjoying it
frozen in our legendary Rum-Runner Pina Colada mix, the "Royal Pain
in the A**." Take in our amazing view of the water, sit back and
enjoy the live music at the Lakeof the Ozarks' best waterfront bar!
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